Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Escaping the Dark [PG-13]

[_Diego//]

Marc was lying on the ground as he heard everything that was going on between Radian and Leon. He could do nothing but listen to the conversation, anyway, for he was helplessly immobile. He heard Leon asking Radian if she would join him on the expedition, causing Marc to focus on what Radian's answer would be. He desperately felt the need to turn his head to stare at them both, but he knew his neck would probably break if he forced it to one direction; so he layed there looking up at the ceiling.

"I never realized how strong you were, Leon.It would be an honor to be your partner for the expedition." Was Radian's answer. In between this 2 sentences, however, Marc could feel the familiar warmth of Radian's glowing paw forming up stronger and stronger. Motionless and as he realized how Chimchar hated him so much, Marc thought he was going to get killed by the monkey Pokemon right there in the Medical Wing if Wigglytuff and Chatot didn't cover him.

Thinking he was in his last minutes of life, Marc just then started to have flashbacks around the past. Not the past that meant a day or two ago, but the past in which he was a human. Blurry images of his house, his family, and even of himself were being filtered inside the blue Pokemon's mind. He tried to clear the images a bit by focusing his mind on then, but not even his brain was working properly at the moment. He tried to sigh, but, in no surprise for him, his action was futile. He knew, however, he could use his mind for one last thing; like communicating some sad last words or something.

As he was about to close his eyes and wait for excruciating death, he could hear and sense from the ground's vibration something had been slammed on to a nearby wall.

Marc's heart immediatly rushed, and it started pounding at a pace which would probably be his normal pace if he wasn't on the edge of dying. That's how weak he felt. He became very scared, for the thought crossed his mind that Chimchar had done the attack to Eevee, causing a lone tear to drool down Marc's temple. Last time he shed a tear was when he was a human, a very young one; or so he could deduce as one image of him as a boy probably around 8 years old crying went inside his mind.

He became very anxious, though, when he heard Radian saying some things to Leon. He payed attention to these words (not like he could do anything else anyway) and one of her statements drew his complete attention. "Since when has Marc been a rival to you?!"

Marc wondered just the same thing. He never saw Leon as a rival, or by the matter, never really cared about him; for he was just someone he was introduced to by name. He didn't have a really good impression of him now, though, and you could bet he wasn't going to treat him as a BFF if he came out alive from this situation...

"Everyone, Out. Now" Marc heard Radian yell. He started breathing harshly as he saw the image of Eevee appear next to him. If he was on at least .0001% of his energy he would've smiled, but instead just lied there. "I'm sorry..." He heard Radian say, then communicate something through her mind. ~Hopefully this will make up for it.~

Marc was sure that this was the moment to use the last bits of his energy, probably the one that was being used to keep his lungs expanding and his heart pounding, to communicate a very short message to her. ~There's nothing to be sorry of; none of this events are your fault... Not at all~

After communicating this message, his link to Radian's mind broke and the Totodile passed out. The last thing he felt was Radian's warm paw resting on his chest. He felt loads and loads of energy being passed on to him by her, and he started to regain mobility with each passing seconds. First he could control his breath and feel his own heartbeat, then he was able to move his arms, and finally he felt completely renewed, except for some bruises and cuts. Just seconds after he was back to at least 97% of his energy, Radian collapsed on top of him, a smile on her face. Marc, even though healed, still felt tired, and just felt like falling asleep there; but he remembered his apparent 'rival' was still on the room. Taking Radian gently into his arms, he lifted her up into the bed he once lied on. He stared at her and felt like crying, out of sadness and joy at the same time, and decided to communicate one message while she was asleep. ~I can't express how thankful I am~. His message was short and simple, but the emotion with which he transmitted the thought was overwhelming.

Just then, he could hear a laugh approaching. The laugh could mean the advent of anything; whether it be a laugh that meant that Leon wanted to, in a way, 'reconcile' with Marc, or a laugh that meant another one of Leon's attacks was approaching. Not taking and chances on guessing and without wasting anytime, Marc turned around and saw the Chimchar approaching.
He recalled how Radian said in the nightmare that she would be there next to him and fight anything that proved hostile to him, and of course, Marc thought he could only do the same now that his friend was lying asleep.

Marc didn't say anything, but instead just stared directly at the approaching Chimchar, standing in between the Fire Pokemon and Radian. Despite being quiet, the expression on his face showed only one emotion that could be represented in many ways; anger. Marc was decided that if Leon attacked, he would fight till the end. He had already 'seen the light' two times, anyway, so why not a third time? Right now he had a cause to die for and not dying from an accident.

His Rage attack soon activated, engulfing the Totodile in a bright flame as a spurt of water formed inside his mouth, ready for anything. Marc didn't really want to fight at the moment, and didn't plan on doing anything if Leon didn't do something first. His sole mission at the moment was to protect the Eevee from getting hurt.

Marc's red eyes stared coldly into Leon's eyes as he just waited there...

 

[Yuukihime]

OOC: erm sorry I haven't been on my computer sorta..died on me.

Tiffany snapped out of her thoughts and quickly remebered about the guild expedition.

"Hm Tiffany why won't you answer?" Dusknoir ask.

"......" Tiffany didn't respond

"Not very talkative are we?" Dusknoir chuckled but Tiffany just had a blank expresision on her face.

"......"

"Well if theres anything I can do just let me know!" Dusknoir chuckled. Tiffany nodded and headed out for the expedition, of course she was partnerless but to much was weighing on her mind. Tiffany sighed still refusing to talk.

"Hey you!" A voice called out to her.

".....?!" Tiffany looked over to see 2 geodude led by a graveler looknig at her back.

"Whats the the matter..? Meowth got your tounge?" The graveler called out mocking her.

"...." Tiffany didn't respond at all.

"Well..? You just gonna stand there?" One of the geodude called out.

"...." She didn't have the courage to speak fearing something horrible would come out.

"Well...Ok...then..Hand over the bag and you'll leave alive!" The graveler called approaching her.

"..........................." Tiffany bascked up against the wall.Without her voice she couldn't call out attacks.She was utterly..helpless. Hot tears fell down her face as she quickly found a tunnel to exit through. She ran as fast as she could, her legs were being cut to do the sharp rocks she was running through. Still no word came from her mouth only winces of pain. ~I'm done for....~ Tiffany thought to herself running faster knowing sure enough she couldn't complete the dungeon. Tears fell further down her facee as her body was covered by deep cuts. She had collapsed in a puddle and the water in the puddle had turned a deep red. ~I'm going to die here...~ Tiffany thought to herself. As she wet for the inevitable end she saw a dark figure before her. ~Who..?~ Tiffany passed out before she could make out the figure who was beside her.

"Unngh.." Tiffany mumbled as she arroused from a deep sleep to find herself on swamperts back.

"So you finally waking up?" The swampert chuckled carrying her. Tiffany yelped in surprise and nearly fell off.

"Whoa. Your still injured so be careful!" Swampert warned her

"....." Tiffany didn't respond.

"So your not very talkative huh?" The swampert asked curiously. Tiffany shook her head in protest. "Well then your shy?" The swampert asked her once more. Tiffany shook her head then he finally asked "Well then why won't you talk?"

"Because....I...Don't..wanna..hurt..people.." Tiffany managed to say.

"Well..? Thats it?" Swampert chuckled.Tiffany looked at the swampert in disbelief.

"You..don't care..?" Tiffany asked him.

"Well I just think before I say stuff which is kinda hard at times!" The swampert laughed and Tiffany couldn't believe her eyes.

"So...? You don't care?" Tiffany asked swampert.

"Nah..Oh and by the way names Hydro!" Hydro chuckled.

Tiffany just looked at him. "My name is Tiffany.." Tiffany said to hydro amazed that he was so happy and didn't have a care in the world.

"Well Tiffany your on the guild expedition right?" Hydro asked stopping for a sec.

"Y-yeah." Tiffany mumbled suddenly feeling an admiration for the Swampert.

"Well then let me see your map!" Hydro asked and Tiffany gave him her map "So you need to reach that base right?" Hydro asked pointing to the dot on the map.

"Y-yes." Tiffany said.

"Well then lets go!" Hydro yeleld giving the map back to her.

"You coming with me?!" Tiffany yelped in surprise.

"Yah I need an adventure!" Hydro yelled. Tiffany sat on his back here he is an utter stranger her who had saved her.

"Well er..okay..." Tuiffany mumbled a blush coming over her face.

"Well then lets go!" Hydro yelled and the both set off for the camp.

OOC: oo love coinnection? We'll see xD

 

[KingKaos]

Leon walked over the Totodile and could see something in his eyes. The power of rage was building up inside his eyes. Leon looked at Eevee, who was placed on the medical table, and realized what had to be done. "Hey Toto, I'm sorry for my actions, but when I was human I use to dream of having a love triangle and a rival. It is mostly because of all the manga and anime that I had this dream. They were so funny and so I stole a page from them and delivered a drop kick, when you got too cozy with Eevee. I can see what I did was wrong, but I still have the duty to protect her. I can also see you want the same thing and so how about we become a slamming team. I apologize for my actions, but I think this would be the best for you and me. With your water and my fire attacks we could stop her from getting hurt and using up too much power. You know this would be for the better and so what do you say?" Leon put his hand to show that he wanted a shake to confirm their alliance.

 

[Yuukihime]

Tiffany walked along side Hydro as he told her about his various stories and adventures, in the end all of the stories made Tiffany laugh. "You know what makes you so carefree?" Tiffany asked Hydro questionably.

"Well I guess..Its because everyone is so tense that I just want them to lighten up!" Hydro laughed and Tiffany laughed along with him.

"Ya know Hydro..Thanks for saving me!" Tiffany giggled slightly blushing then asking "Why did you save me in the first place?" She asked the swampert who was throwing another rock into a randomly placed puddle.

"Well I guess it is cause no one deserves to die!" Hydro cyhuckled walking in front of her.

"Deserve to die?" Tiffany asked him.

"Yah your cuts were really deep..a little bit more time there you would have died for sure." Hydro mumbled.

"Oh..I see..~Is he worried about me?~ Tiffany asked herself.

"Anyway lets keep going!" Hydro automatically cheered up and pointed to some stairs that were placed in the room.

"Yeah!" Tiffany smiled happily runnig in front of him and hydro quickly followed.

"Really now? Your to funny!" Tiffany giggled as Hydro through a rock into a puddle.As she reached the next floor something seemed odd...Like out of wack. "Huh?" Tiffany asked. Hydro had obviously sensed it to.

"Get out of the way!" Hydro tackled her knocking her behind a rock as a hyper beam shot out of no where.

"What was that?!" Tiffany asked managing to crawl out under Hydros body.

"A hyper beam..Alright show yourselves" Hydro yelled out.

"Heh..Heh..Heh.. So you've found me...Interesting..." A deep evil voice called out..It wasn't Darkrai's either.

''Who are you?!" Tiffany yelped as Hydro stepped in front of her to protect her.

"Me...? I'm just a simple pokemon looking for some fun..Heh..Heh..." The voiced laughed slowly as it came out of the shadows.It was a spiritomb followed by 2 gastlys. Tiffany began to tremble again.

"Calm down Tiffany..They seem weak.." Hydro whispered to her underestimating the spiritombs power.

"Me..? I'm not here for you Swampert..I'm here for the girl.." The spiritomb mocked back.

"What?!" Hydro yelled back at the spiritomb growling.

"Thats right my..master has commanded me to get her..Her poweris of much use to us soon!" Spiritomb yelled back at Hydro.

"Powers?" Hydro asked and looked at her. Tiffany looked down ashamed of herself.

"Hah?! You don't know do you?!" SPiritomb mocked at them.

"It doesn't matter if she has powers or not! You can't have her!" Hydro growled at Spiritomb.

"Hydro.." Tiffany mumbled blushing slightly.

"We'll see about that! Shadow sneak!" The spiritomb called out as they got ready for an intense battle.

OOC: Jeeze much more of this and we will have a soap opera..The drama! o.O

 

[Umbreongirl]

<3

I can't express how thankful I am..

The second it seemed that Radian's eyelids had fallen closed in instant slumber, Marc's voice penetrated her entire internal being, and with it, came an overwhelming surge of emotion.

As the emotion transferred within Radian, her ears twitched forward slightly, the swelling in her paw ceasing as the smile twisted upon her lips only broadened, and a small hint of a rosy pink flush filled her cheeks. The joy and gratitude radiating from her Totodile friend and merging with Radian's own emotion was almost too much for the tiny Eevee to bear, and as she felt the full effect of it, her heart rate accelerated considerably, thumping loudly against her frail little chest. Though she was exhausted, and now soaked almost to the bone in sweat, she couldn't recall ever feeling so happy.

That's what.. friends are for. She managed to reply back in a bit of a happy mumble, even though forming just those five little words proved to be nearly impossible, as her mind was rapidly falling victim to inevitable sleep.

Mmm.. She thought again, from the deepest recesses of her conscious mind. This thought was more distant, and far fainter than the last, as the subconscious half of her was taking over.

It's so nice.. to finally take a rest.. The last thing Radian was sure she could recall was Marc lifting her gently from the ground she had collapsed upon, gathering her up into his strong arms. But then again, she was so hazed with fatigue and oncoming sleep, she really couldn't be that sure at all.

 

[_Diego//]

~ Does he really mean this?~ Marc thought to himself after hearing everything Leon said. And, to be honest, it sounded stupid to him. Marc's expression seemed to change from one of anger to one of confusion. His rage attack, however, never was put down. He stared at the Pokemon coldly as he started saying.

"You dreamed of having a love triangle... And since I was getting 'cozy', as you say, you decided to attack me when I was nearly dead... Because you saw it on a show? Seriously man, that's messed up. You killed me..." Marc said with an emotionless tone on his voice. He used the expression 'You killed me' because in some way it was true. He could feel his heart stopping and lungs flattening just before Radian started to heal him. He left a very long pause and continued to talk.

"Your duty is to protect her? Protect her from what? Does a Pokemon on the verge of dying, who you also know is the target's friend, stand much of a threat? Does you believeing I'm you rival out of nowhere means I'm going to kill her? If you ask me, you're a bigger threat here; bursting out and letting attacks out of nowhere because you saw it in manga and TV. I don't protect Radian because I want to be in a freaking 'love triangle' or anything, but because she is my friend."

As Marc said all of this, his heart started to pound very wildly. His voice wasn't emotionless anymore, in fact, there were too many emotions like for it to be described as a single one. His breath harshened and his Rage flames started to change color and his eyes weren't red anymore. It seemed like his Rage was starting to fade away because of the sudden feeling change in Marc; however, the flame didn't completely go away. He then stared at Leon's stretched hand. He was nearly positive that if he shook it he would be electrified by this little machine they sell in prank shops.

He didn't even considering shaking his hand. Marc could say he didn't really hold grudges on anyone, but Chimchar had gone to far by ending with his life. He shook his head to the sides slowly and dramatically as he stared into the Chimchar's eyes.

 

[Yuukihime]

"Gah!" Hydro yelled out as a shadow came over him and controlled his every move.

"Hydro! Stop it your hurting him!" Tiffany called out to the spiritomb who was enjoying every moment of what he was doing to poor Hydro.

"Foolish girl? Do you think I care?" Spiritomb mockingly told her. As she was staring at Hydro in worry she began having a dizzy spell. "Again.." Tiffany mumbled collapsing to the ground.

"Tiffany! What did you do to her?!" Hydro yelled out automatically assuming it was Spiritomb.

"It was nothing I did! SHe's having a dimensional scream as its called! She's not normal Hydro! She's not your average every day mudkip she has powers!" SPiritomb yelled out as Swampert broke free of the Shadow sneak and ran to Tiffanys side.

~Inside the vision~

"Unngh..ANother one of these visions..?" Tiffany mumbled as she was in a barren wasteland and she stood in utter horror. "W-What is this?!" Tiffany yelped as she looked at the scorched tress and she saw..dusknoir.

"Dusknoir?! No this can't be!" Tiffany yelped as she cried out. "Its a lie dusknoir is nice!" Tiffany cried out in horror.

"We will dispose of them later..For now tell Master Dialga that the journey is done the humans have been..caught" The vision dusknoir said in a maniacl laughter.

~End vision mode~

Tiffany snapped out of her thoughts to see hydro over her and the spiritomb cackling in digust. "Hydro..?" Tiffany mumbled as Hydro breathed a sigh of relief and focused on the spiritomb once more, but before he could launch any sort of attack a hydro pump came out of no where and struck spiritomb.

"Gah!" Spiritomb yelled as it hit a neighboring tree.

'W-who did that..?"Tiffany said getting to her feet.

"How dare you hurt these people!" A voice called out.A figure ran out of the bushes and it was a wartortle.

"Who are you??" Tiffany asked.

"Names Wartortle!" Wartortle laughed back. He seemed..to overconfident. Hydro just began glaring at him uneasily.

"Er..?Hydro..?" Tiffany asked uncertain about this whole situation.

"Hey swampert guy? Letting a lady get hurt like this! Shame on you!" The Wartortle yelled back.

"You shut up your over confident ya know that?!" Hydro yelled back this had soon turned into a brawl of battle and of insults.

"Guys..Uh.." Tiffany mumbled a little sweatdropping for awhile as the two boys were still arguing. "This is gonna be..a long trip." Tiffany mumbled once again. She sighed. "I hope Radian isn't having this much trouble with guys as I am..Sigh.." Tiffany mumbled

OOC: I just had to add that last bit xD

 

[Gamekrazy]

"Stop eating so fast!" Rin scolded Taro at the breakfast table "Your gonna get sick from eating too much!"

Taro meerly continued wulfing down the several berries that were on his plate, paying no attention to Rin's warning, and eventually came to his apples. Taking large chomps out of the first apple, he was down to its core within minuets. Rin and Picasso watched on dumbfounded as Taro threw the apple core in his mouth, chewed, and swallowed, giving off a small burp afterwards, and patting his belly.

"You eat the cores?" Rin said in disbelief. "That cant be good for you. I swear, if you like, get a huge stomach cramp and blow this expedition for us, I will kill you."

"Don't worry." Taro assured her "If I collapse in the middle of a dungeon, feel free to leave me to rot away. I won't though. My digestive tract can handle almost anything. Apple cores go down easy."

"...Im going to hold you to that." Rin said, as Taro started his second apple. "Everything we've done has led up to this expedition, and im not about to let you ruin it. Picasso! Map!"

"Y-yes Rin!" The Smeargle stammered, and unfolded his own map which has several blue markings from his tail paint on it. "W-were heading to the place I have circled, right here. thats crystal cave, and just outside of that is the guilds base camp. It looks like our fastest way to get there would be crossing the serene river, and passing through the mystifying forest. Both are relatively unexplored areas, so we best be prepared for anything."

"Ive got enough supplies in our exploration bag to last us a week, and I doubt it will take that long to get there, so we should be good." Rin said. "Unless this fool eats it all in one sitting!"

"Hey!" Taro defended "Im going to be fasting the entire journey! Promise! Why do you think im eating so much right now?"

Rin simply glared at him, and said:

"Were leaving as soon as your finished with your meal. Ill be waiting at the crossroads."

And left the room. It was silent for a few moments, until Picasso leaned over to Taro.

"E-excuse Rin. She is just a bit worked up today is all." He said "This expedition means the world to her. She was the runt of her litter, not to mention the only girl, so all her brothers looked down on her. She really wants to achieve big things, and that can make her a bit edgy at times..."

"Don't worry about it." Taro said "I can deal with her. She just needs to loosen up a bit, and I think I might be just the person to teach her how..."

Picasso smiled "Well, enjoy the rest of your meal. Ill be waiting with Rin. Well see you down there!" And exited the room. Leaving Taro to finish his apples.

 

[KingKaos]

"Listen Toto, I apologized, but if you want some come get some. I try to be the biggger man, apologize, and then try to start a good alliance. Then I get this as a thanks. You are being such a cry baby. So I roughed you up a bit, is it my fault that I didn't realize you were a weak and slow healer? If your in danger now, think about the more powerful Pokemon out there. Do you really believe that with your power alone that you will be able to protect her and yourself then carry out the mission. And before you bring up that last mission, how about you think about Darkrai. The pokemon that trapped her in that nightmare! Where were you in her time of need?! If you keep trying to fight with just you and her alone then I can only hope you have tons of good luck charms. I know I'm not in the right place to talk after I did that to her too. If I hadn't beaten you like that she would be able to rest after that nightmare world. I plan to protect her and I don't care if we're a team or not. I will just have to follow you around if called for. That is my promise to myself and her." Leon exclaimed to Totdile with a loud yell. Leon was out of breathe and in his eyes there was a desire to help Totodile protect their healing friend. "So Toto, rethink that alliance one more time would you?" Leon extended his hand again, but this time he was actually very mad and unstable. He was unsure what he would do if Totodile refused to shake his hand again.

 

[BigfootTheUnbeatable]

Edward woke up and had not known how much time had passed. He looked around and saw that they were near some kind of Lake, but there was a thick fog. Nearby, Tyranitar and Umbreon had a fire going. Espeon was trying to heal Sneasel by the camp.

"What happened?" He asked.

"Oh, you're up," Tyranitar said, "We're in the Foggy Lake right now. The time gear teleported us. I don't know why."

It's because of destiny.

Edward jumped. Celebi was taking to him again? Destiny? What possible reason could the team being here have to do with destiny?

"You okay?" Tyranitar asked.

"I'm fine. What happened to Sneasel, and where's Honchkrow?" Edward asked.

"Honchkrow's scaveging for food and Sneasel..." Tyanitar couldn't think of the words. "He's alive, but he won't wake up. We don't know what happened."

Edward put his head down. Great, now our leader's down, and we're in the middle of nowhere...

Meanwhile at the Giant Volcano

Ninetales approached Heatran as he lay upon the ground. The beautiful pokemon draped it's elegant tails over Heatran.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here Heattie boy? Failed to protect the time gear? Master won't be too happy about that one," Ninetales said.

"It wasn't my fault, I was trying to protect the eggs!" Heatran stuttered.

"There are no eggs you idiot!" Ninetales shouted.

She whipped her tail and broke all of the eggs, revealing nothing to be inside of them.

"They were decoys! Ughh!!!!" Ninetales screamed.

Heatran couldn't help but notice her change of mood in such a short time. But he decided not to act, as she was already mad enough....

 

[_Diego//]

"Oh, yes, yes, sorry big guy. I'm sorry my maturity level isn't high enough like to learn that imitating things you see on TV is plain awesome. My deepest apologies." Marc started saying as his Rage built up to normal color and strength again. "And I'm sorry for being a crybaby and not healing fast enough. It's just a bit hard to heal when your relying on 10 heartbeats per minute. My most sincere apologies"

Marc then stared directly into Chimchars eyes, acknowledging he had a point. Two first stage Pokemon who didn't yet reach their full potential didn't seem to stand much of a threat. He then rememembered some things Radian said to him the day they met; the day Marc woke up as Totodile. He remembered her saying things on how numbers and unity brought power, and Marc realized this was true all the way.

He thought, however, it would be ridiculous to start a team with someone he didn't trust. He then sighed heavily and approached Leon, stretching his hand so that it was at the level of Leon's hand. He also moved away a few so that if a brawl broke out right there, the sleeping Radian wouldn't be in danger.

Marc held his hand close to Leon's, and while it seemed he was about to connect the handshake, he hesitantly stopped and started to say: "Well, if you want to form this alliance or whatever you want to call it, you need my approval and Radian's. I beleive her's is more important int his situation, but she doesn't seem to be in a decision-taking situation" Marc said as he stared at the sleeping Eevee, who seemed unaware of what was going on. "If you want my approval, though.." Marc started saying. "All you need to do is... Apologize. There was no reason at all, and you're aware of that, to come in and attack me. I think that's the least you can do."

Marc was very aware that agreeing to form this alliance with someone who had threatened to kill him in exchange of a 'Sorry' was a dangerous and probably stupid idea. Marc, however, knew that sincere apologies weren't easy to hand out. He just stood there, staring at Leon and focusing on his reply.

"So?"

 

[KingKaos]

"Alright Toto, I apologize for my actions and almost killing you." Leon said it with his highest sincerity. He looked over to Eevee and started to wonder if she would accept them as a team; after what he had done. As he thought about that, he also remembered how hard she had smashed him into the wall. " I don't hink I should worry about her, but the Pokemon that makes her mad." Leon let out a sweatdrop then felt his body get heavier. He immediately lost the feeling in his legs and fell to the ground. He was on one leg and tried to analyze what was wrong. "Could her Tackle have done this much? But, I felt fine just a few moments ago. I guess I was right to worry about the Pokemon that makes her mad. If she didn't know me, then I might have gone through the wall." Leon put his butt on the floor and started to meditate. "Toto, I will be asleep for a few moments when she wakes up tell her everything you can. Wake me up and we can decide what the plan is for the expedition. I would also like to vote for a team leader." Leon said to Totodile while drifting away. " I have collect all the good chi and release all the bad chi. If i focus well enough then I can control my powers better. I have to get stronger for when Darkrai returns and attacks us again. His next target could be any of us humans now Pokemon." he thought this to himself as he breathed in and out.

 

[Eletj]

Toby's Subconcious mind hadn't stopped in his coma. He could hear what they were saying. Apperantely, Leon had almost killed Marc, or something like that. Heh. One Leaf blade would have sorted them out. Unfortunately, He couldn't tap into his powers in his current state. And he couldn't wake up. This was a Major Problem. If he could only speak to someone, he could get the to wake him up. He just needed to have the small sliver of blade removed from his hand, but he knew what would happen. He would unevolve. That sliver was the only thing keeping him as a Grovyle. But he couldn't just stay unconcious. His soul was restless. He needed to explore. He needed to lead. He needed to move. Something was bothering him. That Duscnoir...He seemed...Familiar. But he couldn't quite put his finger on it.. Never Mind...It probably didn't matter. "Anyway I should be focusing on getting out of acoma. Doesn't one of the pokemon have telekinses? Can you hear me? Can hear me!"

 

[Umbreongirl]

<3

Well, well Radian. A voice, smooth as silk purred, awakening Radian's subconscious mind from its dreamless state and luring it back to that same, familiar place it had traveled twice already. A peculiar tingling sensation, and Radian felt herself again begin to materialize in the endless pool of crystal water. This time though, she was more prepared for the dream, so shock failed to overcome her as she appeared, her entire body tensed with mistrust, her back arched furiously.

Nice try, Darkrai! She snarled, golden eyes ablaze with a passionate hate. They had darkened considerably, from their abnormal beautiful hue of golden to the plain Chocolate brown of common Eevees.

I know who you are now! She cried out in obvious rage, bushy tail arising instinctively to stand straight up, an obvious hint that she was preparing herself for combat.

And this time, i'm waiting for you! Not the other way around! I won't let my guard down this time! You can't scare me off with a few pitiful flames and a cheap hologram of my brother!

Relax, Radian.. The voice chuckled playfully, and it was so lovely and melodic, even though Radian didn't trust it completely, she noticed her tail slowly begin lowering to tuck back inbetween her legs, and her eyes cooling, returning to their normal glowing hue of gold. Her body, however, remained tensed in anticipation, should anything decide to again sneak up on her.

Though you can't yet know who I am, I will tell you that I am not Darkrai..

If you're not Darkrai, then why don't you prove it? Radian taunted guardedly, her tone indicating that she didn't believe one word the voice was saying.

Alright, then. The beautiful voice sang gracefully, and no sooner had these words buzzed around Radian, the crystal pool before her slowly began to churn. As the clear water accelerated by the second, twisting itself into a miniature tornado of sorts, it began to obtain a different color than the pale water surrounding it, darkening several shades into a dazzling rosy pink. The water Radian stood in remained surprisingly unaffected, though the water forming into the little tornado spun increasingly faster, surprising Radian with the intensity of how fast it was actually moving.

What in the world do you think you're doing? Radian called out, puzzled, and a little baffled at the strange behavior of the water.

So what if you can swirl a little water around, that doesn't prove anything! The tiny Eevee called out, an unimpressed frown appearing across her lips as she just sighed.

Look, if you're going to pull me into another nightmare, can't we just go ahead and get it over with? Radian continued, her eyes rolling back in her head as she simply just sighed in irritation. Your little water trick isn't getting us anywhere, and as you should already know, being the oh-so-great master of fears and all, i'm afraid of fire, not water. So just bust out the flames already.

Radian herself was a bit surprised at the bold statements that seemed to be flying uncontrollably out of her mouth before she could even think about what she was saying, but before she could match a logical explanation with her behavior, the voice just let out an amused little laugh. Questioningly, Radian raised an eyebrow, wondering what on earth could be so hilarious about her statements. For once, she had been serious. A few moments passed by, the length of the moments unable to be determined, and still, the voice continued in its manical laughter. A sweatdrop formed alongside Radian's face as a dumbfounded smilw just spread across her lips.

Heh? She thought. I think this person has more than a few loose screws.. She thought to herself, and at this, the laughter instantly ceased.

Is this the part where you turn all the waves into fire? Radian ventured meekly, after nothing but silence pursued the laughter.

No, no! Of course not! The voice chirped, without the slightest hint of upset in its tone, just merry and happy, as always. Radian's tensed muscles relaxed a bit, as she finally allowed herself to grow comfortable in the dream.

This is the part where I prove that i'm not Darkrai to you, my dear little Radian, since apparently in your case seeing is believing..

So you're finally going to show me your true identity?! Radian interrupted excitedly, the prospect of it changing her skeptical mood dramatically into one of girlish giddiness.

Well.. No.. The voice confessed a bit thoughtfully, as the churning of the water halted abruptly, as if completely on cue. The movement of the water had stopped, but the hole in its center had remained.

Come closer, Radian. The voice bidded sweetly. Come over and have a look. Reluctantly, mainly out of curiosity Radian swam over to the edge of the stilled tornado, peering hesitantly down into it. Her eyes awidened in a pleasant sort of awe, a surprised little grin popping up across her face as she experienced the feeling of opening a gift to realize it was exactly what she wanted. At the very bottom of the tornado stood miniaturized images of herself, Leon, and Marc. The three images walked abreast in a line, Radian being in the middle and Marc and Leon walking on either side of her. Radian skipped along merrily between the other two, a carefree smile plastered upon her face. Marc and Leon were content in appearance, both studying their Eevee companion with bemused smiles.

Surprised? The voice inquired, as Radian just stared downward, the same pleased little grin written across her face as her eyes shone with simple delight. A peaceful sort of happiness filled her to the core, beginning at her very center and then spreading all throught her entire being.

Actually.. I am. Radian admitted, a blush rising to become clearly evident across her cheeks. In the waking world, where her body lay still and seemingly useless for the time being, that same blush crept across her motionless face.

We're all so happy.. Radian pondered slowly, momentarily taking her eyes from the three images to glance thoughtfully around here.

It's like a dream come true!

Really now.. A dream come true.. The voice mused, and though Radian still couldn't see the speaker, she could tell by its tone of voice that it was smiling knowingly.

You.. Radian finally began to realize, a gigantic grin splitting across her face as she leapt up in excitement.

You can't be Darkrai! She called out loudly, her voice echoing jubilantly across the endless space.

And why can't I be? The voice pressed on, urging Radian to continue until she had figured it completely out.

Because.. Radian began again, this time in hushed tones as her cheeks only reddened, and shyly, she dipped her head down so that her eyes weren't visable. The images of herself, Marc and Leon continued walking onward forward, but now Radian was holding hands with each of her two friends.

You didn't reveal my greatest fear. You just revealed my biggest dream! Radian's cheeks burned brightly red now, as she was a bit humiliated at having to announce this aloud, as her dream was a bit personal, but the speaker was obviously pleased with her answer.

Right on, kiddo. But you don't fulfill your dreams by sleeping your life away.

But i'm still so tired.. Radian replied, a yawn interrupting her statement as if to provide evidence, her eyes even in her dreamworld appearing weary and fatigued with exhaustion.

You can rest once your mission is complete. The voice continued on bluntly, seemingly oblivious to Radian's body language, her drooping eyelids, her awkward stumbling every few seconds as she struggled to maintain her upright position. She knew very well by now that she, like all the others was very special indeed, and it was with each of them that this world's salvation lied. But like all the others, Radian was only Human, and even Humans destined to save the world needed their rest.

 

[Yuukihime]

Tiffany continued walking with the arguing Swampert and Wartortle. "Sigh...I guess I'm going to hav to deal with this for a littl-" Tiffany stopped before ending the sentence..They..were...back at the begginning of where they started?

"Wait..were at the begging?" Hydro said shocked.

"Yes..its a maze..and I'm out of supplies maybe we should go back and get some" Wartortle said looking at the entrence to craggy coast again.

"Wartortles right..we should head back..I was foolish to think I could go on my own." Tiffany said smiling. The 3 started back for Treasure Town.

About an Hour later they were back in treasure town. "Well I'll go get some supplies.." Wartortle said and trudged off to the town and Hydro followed him wanting to get more supplies then Wartortle.

"Er..Okay.." Tiffany mumbled heading up to the guild. She sighed again and looked at the job bullitens. "I won't be doing one of these for a while..." Tiffany mumbled exploring the guild. As she walked past the medical wing she noticed Marc and Leon shaking hands and Radian on the desk sleeping. She walked in to the medical wing and looked at the three.

"Um..Hi..Marc Leon.." Tiffany said and looked at Radian she looked like she was sleeping peacefully. She remembered that Radian was the only girl that had transformed into a pokemon besides her. "Um..Is Radian..Ok?" Tiffany mumbled walking to Radians side. "Um..when she wakes up..she can um..have this oran berry if she wants it..I heard it gives energy and she looks really tired..." Tiffany said to Marc and Leon. Tiffany returned her gaze to Radian..She wanted to be friends with Radian because Radian was the only girl in this whole catastrophe that maybe she would look at it the samee way Tiffany did.

 

[_Diego//]

"A'right, Leon" Marc said to himself as he saw how the fire ape Pokemon collapsed into a comfortable sleeping state on the ground. Had he done the right thing? That was the question that was aching in the small Totodile's head at the moment; and he just couldn't shake it off. Had Marc been too innocent and gullible? Had he done the right thing? Was his decision a safe one? What would Radian think? Had he done the right thing?

~Sheesh!~ Marc thought to himself as he shook his head to the sides quickly, trying to get all of his thoughts and insecurity out. ~Let's see how this whole deal ends up going~ He decided, leaving future problems for the future. He sighed bored as he stared around and noticed how he was stuck between two sleeping Pokemon. He even thought about waking them up, but that would be to mean. Instead, he thought of something to entertain himself.

He stared at Leon's head and closed his eyes to read his mind.
"I have collect all the good chi and release all the bad chi. If i focus well enough then I can control my powers better. I have to get stronger for when Darkrai returns and attacks us again. His next target could be any of us humans now Pokemon." Where exactly the Chimchar's thought. Marc nodded to himself as he examined the thought and took a deep breath. Then he turned to Radian and walked quietly towards her, trying to make not even the slightest noise.

He rested his arms on the bed she was lying in and smiled randomly, then entered her head. Her thoughts were more entertaining. Marc could hear Radian's voice and some other blurry voice he couldn't identify having a conversation, and out of nowhere images started to form inside his head. An image of Radian, Leon and him strolling happily along an unrecognizable area while Radian held one hand of the Pokemon. Marc laughed quietly to himself as he broke the link to her mind. ~Is she dreaming or something?~ He said, even though his answer was probably a really easy guess.

He then sat down in a small chair and hoped to read minds again, but this time, instead of receiving a familiar voice into his mind, another strange voice hit his mind. "Anyway I should be focusing on getting out of acoma. Doesn't one of the pokemon have telekinses? Can you hear me? Can hear me!"

~I hope he means telepathy... Even then that is too good for a guess.~ Marc thought confused as he stared around, beleiving the source of the voice was nearby. However, though, he couldn't see anyone. He stood up from his chair and decided to search around for the Pokemon. It didn't pass even a minute, though, when suddenly Tiffanny entered the Medical Wing.

"Hey there, Tiffany" Marc said smiling as he stared at the Mudkip. "Long time no..." he said as he started whispering and motioned for Tiffany to do the same. "Long time no see" He said as he stared at her. Tiffany greeted him back and then turned to the unconscious Eevee. "Yes, she's Ok. She just needs rest. She's exhausted" Marc whispered as he approached and took the Oran Berry after she said something. "Ok, I will give it to her" Marc said. He then sighed and stared down at the ground just to see a rock. He mindlessly kicked it, and the rock rolled away. The rock eventually came to a stop when it made contact with a Grovyle and knocked off the sliver of blade.

Marc just smiled as he sat on his chair again, wondering which of the Pokemon would wake up first. He didn't expect this to been soon, though, since both seemed fatigued.

 

[Eletj]

Light erupted from Toby's hand. The rock had knocked the sliver from his hand and, just as he'd suspected, he was de-evolving. He could feel his energy draining from him. The light was blinding, but only there for a moment. It drained away, and a Treecko rose to his feet. He flexed his knuckles and Looked around the Medical Wing. Raidain, was that her name? She was asleep. And Tiffany was talking to Marc. They looked serious. Leon was also asleep. Toby thought about what he had heard. He walked over to them. "Hey guys." He couldn't help smiling. He had just come out of acoma and he needed to do some exploring. "So, whens this big expedition?"

 

[KingKaos]

Leon was meditating in soon found himself in a corner of his mind. He floated around in the black nothingness until he was greeted by another Leon. This Leon was orange "Let's test our strength and fight" said the Orange Leon "You shouldn't fight Leon you might bruise his perfect figure" said a Pink Leon. He started to wonder was happening then another few Leons joined in. A blue, red, green, yellow, white, and purple Leon appeared. The white one had glasses and a book, the yellow one was shkaing and afraid of everything, the purple one started to sing a song about peace, the green one was bad mouthing how Leon got to be a normal color, the red one was punching the air, and the blue one was crying.

"Who are you posers" said the regular Leon. "We are you and during your meditation you have summoned us to understand yourself." the white Leon explained while reading. "It's not fair that you get to be normal and i don't." the green Leon said thrashing around like a baby without candy. Leon still did not grasp what he was doing in the space so he started to walk away. As he walked away he realized there was no door. "Where is the door out of Looney Ville?" he said with a confused look. The white Leon went back to explaining his position. "You are stuck here until you merge all your emotions into one. Even though you are a Pokemon you still are unstable with theses new powers. If you can merge us all together then you can leave. So hurry up, because I have studying to do." "This is what happens when you let your emotions run wild." said Leon smacking himself on the forehead.

He mustered up the courage and grabbed the white Leon and mashed their bodies together. However, Leon only hurt himself and the white Leon went over to the others. "If we can get rid of him we can have this body to ourselves." then all the Leon's grouped together and decided to kill off the real one. Leon looked around, after he recovered from the smashing, and found that he was surrounded. "Of course, the posers always want to be the tough guys, but unless you have your own original moves don't do what you're thinking." Leon said this while waving his finger. Then all the Leon's shot out their Flamethrowers and hit him dead on.

They all began to cheer that they were free, but Leon absorbed the flames and his tail grew very bright with power. "Rule #1, never use fire attacks on fire Pokemon, because they will abosrb that power and use it against you." Leon jumped into the air and then formed a ball of fire. To the Leons below it was just Flamethrower, but it was actually something much more powerful. "Overheat!" screamed Leon as he blasted the entire group with his attack. The pink, red, orange, and purple Leon disappeared. Leon rejoiced as only the white, blue, green, and yellow were left. As he turned to attack again a door appeared and took him out of his meditation.

When he awoke he saw Totodile, Mudkip, and Treecko standing and talking. Leon rose form his feet and said, "I just learned Overheat, Darkrai is toast next time we meet!" Leon soon realized he had yelled loud enough to wake Radian and disturb the others in the medical wing. "Sorry I guess I'm just a little excited." "So..." trying to play it off, "when is that expedition coming up?" He let out a sweatdrop and his cheeks grew red with embrassament.

 

[Yuukihime]

Tiffany flinched as she saw Leon and regained her composure. "Um we'll leave as soon as Radian wakes..." Tiffany said cutting some of the berry and putting it in her mouth. "Hopefully that will wake her up.." Tiffany mumbled still weary of Leon. "Oran berries are supposed to heal you right up.." Tiffany mumbled as a dizzy spell overtook her. "Gah..." Tiffany winced in pain and tried remaining on her feet, but to no avail. She collapsed and entered her vision.

~Vision mode~

"hehehe.." Darkrai's voice cackled as she appeared in a vision. This time it wasn't a nightmare. It was a true vision. Darkrai had Tiffany pinned against a wall and was surely going to finish her off. Tiffany had looked hopeless, Tiffany looked around and saw hydro and Torrent (the wartortle) on the ground badly injured.

"Hydro! Torrent!" Tiffany yelped.

Darkrai cackled once more and yelled evily. " You die NOW!" Darkrai hit her with the shadow ball and everything went dark.

"Am I really...going to..die? " Tiffany shivered and woke up.

~ exit vision mode~

She got up and was embarrassed to have collapsed in front of them. "Sorry..I've been feeling a bit faint since yesterday.." Tiffany whispered making up an obvious lie.

~...Am i going to really have to..die?" Tiffany thought to herself forgetting Marc could read her mind. ~If so..What about everyone else?! What about the time gear?!~ Tiffany thought to herself as thoughts rolled through her mind. She looked at Radian once more and sighed. She didn't want to tell anyone about the time gear she had stolen and was going to keep a secret till she took it to the grave. ~The time gear will be in my possesio till this is all over~ Tiffany thought to herself.

 

[_Diego//]

Just some seconds after Marc sat down, trying to maintain a silenced and peaceful area so that his comrades could rest, a Treecko sprung up from the floor and started to ask questions about the expedition. Who was that guy, and how did it appear inside the Medical Wing out of nowhere? Meh, Marc didn't give much importance to the business. Anyway, he had no idea of what the answer for his question was.

Marc furrowed his brow because he knew it wasn't very comfortable that people talked around you when you were asleep; and he was failing to keep a silent surrounding. Marc sighed, deciding not to make any noise himself, and then stared down at the Oran Berry in his hand. He was going to give it to Radian as soon as she woke up, but realized that maybe she would wake up with energy if she was fed on her sleep. He stared at the berry, then at Radian and then back at berry; then realized it wouldn't be so safe to stuff the whole berry into her mouth. So he was about to slice it into small pieces with his claw, but was interrupted when Leon woke up seemingly out of nowhere yelling how he had learned a new attack and would beat Darkrai with it.

A lone drop of disappointment drooled down Marc's forehead, imagining it would be impossible for someone to rest with all this motion around. He felt guilty for Radian being in such a fatigued state. He stared down at himself and noticed how small particles of golden light still lingered on his body. He took a deep breath and was about to feed Radian with the berry, but was stopped when Tiffany took the berry from him and did what he was about to do. ~Oh well, whatever~ Marc thought as he walked over to Radian and examined her movements, wondering if the berry would be enough like to wake her up.

He had to break his concentration, though, when he noticed Tiffany collapse right next to him. ~Oh, C'mon! Why is everyone fainting right now!?~ Marc yelled to himself, even though he was aware he was nearly dead some minutes ago. He bent down to Tiffany and tried to wake her up, but after no response he read her mind. Nothing was heard, though. It wasn't like she was thinking something, but instead an unintentional thought entered her mind. Shortly then, she woke up, and Mar was now able to hear something. Something about Time gears and how they were in her possession. The term 'Time Gear' was familiar to him, and soon he realized that on his first day here he heard some Pokemon talking about how someone was stealing them.

~... Is Tiffany... Is she the Robber?!~ Marc asked himself shocked, deciding it would be cruel and stupid to call her out when he had no proof. She didn't seem like the robber type, so he decided he would probably inquire on the subject later, in a place where she wasn't in much risk if she was guilty. She was the first person to pay attention to him when he got to this world as a Pokemon, anyway.

As the other Pokemon discussed the Exploration issue with one another, Marc nonchalantly stood up and walked over to Radian, staring at her face with a faint happy expression as he pondered how powerful and Oran Berry could reach.