Hello again! Welcome back to the next chapter of Team Plasma's Revenge! When we last left off, Dragon's Mawile went to our heroes to help save Dragon from Tenshi. What will happen now? Things are about to get very dark...
This Collaboration Chapter is done with Serpent Spirit, who has taken a new name: RebornStar!
Maya had led Souren, Sarecus, and Sasha down the route heading to Opelucid City, where they noticed that the area was totally demolished: Trees had fallen, on the ground were marks left by explosions and there were minor pools of blood everywhere.
"Whoa…this wasn't a normal battle… this looks like warzone…" Souren shuddered.
Sarecus nodded as they treaded carefully down the route until they came to a clearing, which was also burned. The group rushed into the clearing, and saw a heavily injured Dragon, looking at Tenshi, who was also covered in bruises and blood. What was different about him is that on his cheeks were two dark red stripes and two more on the sides of his forehead. He also had deep orange eyes instead of the usual yellow. Sarecus, angry, rushed to the battlefield, between Tenshi and Dragon.
"Tenshi….what the hell are you doing?" Sarecus shouted.
Dragon was surprised to see Sarecus and the others.
"Sarecus? What are you doing here?" He asked, and suddenly coughed blood. Maya ran over to him and hugged him.
"Are you okay?" She panicked.
Dragon kneeled and stroked her head.
"I'm all right," He reassured her, "Don't worry."
Tenshi stared at Sarecus with his sharp eyes.
"I'm sending this demon to the depths of hell!" Tenshi hissed and pointed the bloody Warheart at Dragon.
Souren and Sasha jumped in and rushed to Dragon. Sasha carefully helped him up while Souren stepped next to Sarecus.
"You almost killed Dragon!" Souren berated," What the hell?"
Tenshi gave him a murderous glare.
"I will give him hell…and soon-he will lie in a pool of his own blood!" He hissed.
Sasha placed Dragon's right arm over her neck and helped him to stand. Sarecus turned around and looked at him worried.
"Dragon, are you all right?" Sarecus asked.
Dragon shook off Sarecus' question and looked at him.
"Never mind that…Why...did you come here?" Dragon panted and spat some blood from his mouth.
He took a step forward and pulled his arms from Sasha's grip. However, he took a knee as more blood seeped out of his mouth.
"Sasha, take him to the Center!" Souren said, worry in his voice.
Sasha nodded and placed her hand on Dragon's shoulder.
"Come on! Let's get you out of here," Sasha said, worry in her eyes. However, Dragon shrugged her hand off him.
"I will not," He countered calmly, shocking her.
"What?!" Sasha exclaimed.
Dragon smiled as he looked at Sasha.
"As much as I appreciate it, I will not leave," Dragon said, "If I must die, I want to die a warrior's death."
Souren looked at Dragon and shook his head.
"But...what about Maya?" Souren asked, "Would you die knowing that she wants you around?"
The words hit Dragon's heart, causing him to be silent.
"I rather you escape. I don't want a friend to die," Souren said.
However, Tenshi heard what Souren had said and furiously stomped towards them. Maya hugged Dragon's leg from behind, scared. Souren was about to comment when Sarecus suddenly thrust his arm in front of his friend. Souren looked at Sarecus but saw sadness in his eyes.
"Tenshi, I thought we agreed vengeance is not an answer!" Sarecus said.
Tenshi stopped and hissed at Sarecus.
"We never agreed about anything! And what I do is justice!" Tenshi shouted.
"Justice? How is killing Dragon justice?" Sarecus asked.
"He took Sota from me…my best friend, my brother..." Tenshi squeezed the handle of Warheart in rage, "Eye for an eye - I will take his very life!"
Sarecus shook his head at Tenshi's comment.
"Then you're following the path of vengeance! It won't lead you anywhere!" Sarecus replied.
At this, Tenshi was livid; He looked at Sarecus with a glare that pierced right through the soul. He then twirled Warheart, and blood dripped gently from the edge. Tenshi then placed the black blade on his left arm joint and hooked his arm. He slowly pulled the blade, and Dragon's blood stained his arm while Warheart was completely clean again. His orange eye emitted a thin horizontal light.
"Oh, it has! Ha, it has led me where I am now: To my prey!" He looked at the pitch black blade, smirking slightly, "I can hear Warheart's voice! It years to bathe in the blood of that murderer, and I have no reason to hold it back!"
Sarecus looked at his friend in horrid shock. Tenshi lifted his eyes and he stared at Sarecus, anger filling his vision.
"Dragon is nothing more but a child-killing psychopath, and this rotten world won't remember him. I'll erase him…FROM THE FACE OF THIS PLANET!" He declared and pointed Warheart at Dragon.
Dragon's heart beat rapidly, but he continued to keep his cool. Souren looked at Sarecus and saw that his friend had sadness in his eyes.
"Sarecus…" Souren began.
Sarecus shook his head and held his head down, his hair covering his eyes.
"If that is the case…" Sarecus began.
He then looked at Tenshi and narrowed his eyes, ready to declare something.
"Then maybe Sota should have died…" Sarecus finished.
Time seemed to slow as everyone were shook to the core by Sarecus' words. Those six words hit Tenshi like a bolt of lightning. His eyes snapped wide open and, in shock, he dropped Warheart. Souren, Dragon and Sasha stared at Sarecus in complete shock.
"What…" Tenshi hissed, glaring at Sarecus. His heart skipped a beat and his whole body went cold, Sarecus looked up and stared into Tenshi's eyes, defiant of aura radiating off of Tenshi.
"You say you're doing justice…but there's no justice in taking a man's life that had the odds stacked against him." Sarecus said, "If you believe that only justice is death, then you don't deserve to have Sota back. Like I said back then…you are no different than Ghestis…"
Tenshi suddenly had a flashback of his childhood memories, about him playing with Sota and fighting together. But suddenly the memory of Sota's death invaded his thoughts, how his best friend was taken from him. Tenshi's body shivered and heart beat faster and faster until it dulled. Suddenly, he screamed to the heavens.
"AAAAAAAARRRRRRGGGGHHHHHHHHH!" Tenshi roared.
His scream echoed through the area. Suddenly he dashed forward and punched Sarecus at blinding speed. Souren, Maya, Dragon and Sasha looked in shock as Tenshi assaulted Sarecus. Sarecus flew and crashed against a tree. Tenshi flung towards him and hit him hard in the guts, followed by a heavy kicked in the left cheek.
"You!" He grabbed Sarecus by his throat and strangled him, "YOU NOTHING ABOUT SOTA, AND YOU DON'T KNOW A SHIT ABOUT ME!"
Tenshi bawled and, in berserk, punched Sarecus with enough force to shatter the tree behind him. The anger within Tenshi grew like an inferno as he rushed forward to the downed trainer.
"POKEMON SLAVER WHO TREATS POKEMON AS GLADIATOR WHORES… WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT ME OR HIM?" Tenshi suddenly screamed as he transformed into his Serperior form and hit Sarecus in the head with his tail.
Blood showered from Sarecus' nose and mouth and he crashed against a tree. Sasha gasped and sprinted towards him.
"Sarecus!" Sasha screamed, tears running down her face.
"Dear Arceus! SARECUS!" Souren screamed in horror.
Sasha rushed past Tenshi, but suddenly she was struck in the back by the black snake. Tenshi bit Sasha in the shoulder and pinned her down.
"You are with him, you believe that I sssshould let Sssota rot?!" Tenshi hissed coldly, his body shivering with pure rage.
Sasha struggled under his weight but noticed a decline in her strength as Tenshi's venom paralyzes her.
"Tenshi... please... don't," Sasha whined in pain as she held her shoulder.
As he held her down, Tenshi sensed energy in her. The energy was young and abundant, which was normal for pregnant females to have.
"You're pregnant…by him no lessss?" Tenshi stated, barring his fangs.
Sasha's eyes widen at that and tried to fight the paralysis coursing through her muscles.
"Another whore…another child doomed to live asss a gladiator ssslave," Tenshi hissed
Sarecus struggled to get up and Souren rushed to help him up. When he looked at Tenshi, and saw him threatening Sasha, he flew into a rage.
"What the hell are you doing?!" He roared.
Tenshi bit Sasha again in the same spot, making her howl in pain, and tugged her up by wrapping his tail around her. Sasha was in the air, choking.
"SASHA!" Sarecus rushed to help her, but suddenly Tenshi tightened his grip, making her scream and kick harder.
Tenshi bared his fangs at him, anger in his eyes.
"Ssso thiss isss your true nature! You decide that becausse of me, Sssota iss better left to rot..." Tenshi hissed harshly, "I expected much from Pokémon ssslaversss, but thisss... You're exactly like Ghetsssiiss!"
Sarecus ignored Tenshi as his anger swell.
"Let! Her! Go! NOW!" Sarecus bellowed, anger swelling up.
Souren, fearing for Sasha's life-as well as the unborn baby-stepped forward, Pokéball in hand.
"SASHA IS PREGNANT YOU IDIOT!" Souren shouted, "YOU COULD HARM THE BABY!"
Tenshi was quiet by Souren's comment, but tighten his tail around Sasha, causing her to almost black out.
"Hisssss….Another whore, another baby ssssoldier!"Tenshi hissed, "For a Pokémon born to a Trainer like you, there isss only one future."
"Let her go Tenshi!" Sarecus demanded, in the midst of fury he unleashed his Link Mode.
Tenshi looked at Sasha who was struggling to breathe and her resistance was getting much weaker. Suddenly, from behind Tenshi was hit by a huge burst of fire. Tenshi looked back, and a Charizard rushed towards him, catching him off guard.
"Dragon!" Tenshi hissed just before he was tackled by Charizard. T
Tenshi released Sasha who fell to the ground. Shocked, Sarecus and Souren rushed to her, Souren helping her up.
"Sasha! Sasha, are you all right?!" He panicked. Sasha coughed loudly as she breathed air in with fast pace.
"I'm…ok…and so is the baby…" Sasha wheezed.
Dragon/Charizard landed on the ground in front of them. It was fire-red with long horns, large wings and a scar ran over his right eye.
"Dragon?" Souren wondered. So he can morph, too?
Tenshi got up and shook his head. His eyes then locked onto Dragon.
"I'm the one you want, so battle me and leave them out of this!" He roared.
Tenshi turned around and grabbed Warheart with his fangs. Facing Dragon, he hissed quietly, then screamed at him.
"I WILL KILL YOU, ONCE AND FOR ALL!?" Dragon replied by roaring, "SHOW ME WHAT YOU GOT, SNAKE!"
"I WILL!" Tenshi howled.
The two were about to clash when a ball of red aura appeared and smashed into Tenshi. It blew Tenshi back a little before dissolving. Tenshi shook off the blast to see Sarecus standing up, a bright blue sword in his hand.
"I have no dealing with an ssslaver," Tenshi hissed, "My target isss Dragon."
Sarecus said nothing as the air around him buzzed with energy. Suddenly, he looked up and stared at Tenshi, anger in his eyes.
"How fucking dare you…" Sarecus growled.
Black aura suddenly surrounded Sarecus as he raised his blade toward Tenshi. Dragon flew over and put a claw on his shoulder.
"Sarecus, please leave…this is my battle," Dragon growled.
Sarecus shook his head as he gripped the hilt of the blade tightly.
"No, Dragon, this is not your battle anymore…" Sarecus growled, "This one is personal…"
Tenshi looked at Sarecus and laughed.
"Hahaha! You can't fight at all! "Tenshi laughed harshly, "You let your gladiator w-"
Suddenly, a gash of wind hit Tenshi, cutting him off. The wind slammed Tenshi into a tree, causing him to lose his grip on Warheart. Tenshi looked up to see Sarecus cloaked in black aura and his eyes red like blood. Sarecus looked at Tenshi as he howled to the wind.
"YOU HURT MY SASHA!" Sarecus screamed, "I WILL FUCKING KILL YOU!"
Sarecus raised the blade as the black aura surrounded the edge of the blade.
"SINCE YOU MISS SOTA SO MUCH, WHY DON'T YOU JOIN HIM?!" Sarecus roared.
He smashed the blade to the ground, causing the black aura to course through the ground and to grab Tenshi. Tenshi struggled in the black aura but couldn't get out. Dragon, fearing Tenshi's safety, tried to smash into Sarecus. However, the black aura surrounding Sarecus blocked Dragon from doing anything. Souren and Sasha looked on in horror as Sarecus seemed to smile sickly as the black aura slowly crushed the Serperior. Sasha ran over and looked Sarecus in the eyes.
"Stop! Don't do this!" Sasha screamed.
Sarecus paid her no mind as he slowly tried to close his fist, making the black aura tighten its grip on Tenshi. Sasha hugged Sarecus as she used her Link to stop the black aura.
"Please, Sarecus…don't do it…think about our child," Sasha sobbed on his shoulder.
Sarecus' eyes widen at those words and the black aura surrounding him dissolved away, dropping Tenshi to the ground. Tenshi reverted back to normal as he coughed up blood onto the ground. Sarecus dropped his blade as he returned Sasha's hug.
"Sasha…I…I don't…" Sarecus began.
Suddenly, Tenshi got up and rushed to Sarecus, ready to run him through. However, Dragon pushed the duo away, causing him to take the full length of the blade into his stomach. The rest looked in horror as Dragon reverted and fell to the ground. Tenshi smiled as he raised his blade, ready to finish Dragon when a blue aura sword blocked his attack. Tenshi turned to see Sarecus glaring at him.
"I won't let you kill him…" Sarecus growled.
As the two struggled, Sasha placed a palm onto the bleeding, unconscious Dragon and teleported him and herself out of the area. Sarecus removed his sword and reverted from his link. Tenshi, however, was absolutely livid.
"Where did your whore take him?" Tenshi growled.
Sarecus narrowed his eyes and shook his head.
"I made a mistake…it won't happen again…" Sarecus sighed, "Souren, let's go."
Sarecus began heading toward Opelucid City when Tenshi roared and rushed at Sarecus. However, Sarecus turned and countered the strike with one of his own. The two struggled on when Sarecus' dark aura seeped out and twirl onto Warheart. Tenshi backed away and pointed his blade at Sarecus.
"You…won this…" Tenshi growled, "But you won't protect him long…"
"We'll see…for now," Sarecus replied, "We'll meet when the opportunity rises…Ghestis…"
Tenshi returned his blade to its sheath and left the area. Sarecus began to head to Opelucid City with Souren behind him…
-Opelucid City's Pokémon center-
Sarecus walked into the center and went up to Nurse Joy.
"How are they?" Sarecus asked, worry in his voice.
"Your Lucario is fine, along with her child…" Joy said, "But the trainer…well…"
Souren walked in and looked at Joy.
"Did he…" Souren asked.
Joy shook her head, bringing relief to the two teens.
"But…he's not waking up…" Joy said, "I believe he's in a coma due to massive blood loss."
The relief went away, followed by worry. Sarecus then walked out of the center, leaving Souren and Joy. Souren, worried about his friend, went outside to see Sarecus with a blade in hand.
"Tenshi…next time we meet…I will personally end you…" Sarecus growled.
Souren, disappointed by what Sarecus said, walked up to him.
"So…you would kill someone?" Souren said, "Seems you're following the same path as Tenshi…"
Sarecus turned around to yell at Souren, only to be socked by Souren and fell to the ground. Sarecus shook off the punch, but rubbed his jaw and Souren looked at him.
"Despite all you say to negate Tenshi's vengeance, you're planning to do the same?" Souren growled, "What if that was me? Or Harmony? Or Bruce? Or Alex?"
Sarecus' anger diminished as he thought about what Souren said and his aura faded. Souren sighed as he helped Sarecus up.
"Instead of revenge, let's try peace," Souren smiled, "We now have to wait for Ghestis to make his move."
Sarecus nodded and extended his hand out to Souren.
"What's this?" Souren asked.
"Thanks…for helping me see the light," Sarecus smiled.
Souren laughed as he grabbed Sarecus' arm and pulled him in for a hug.
"What are you talking about?" Souren laughed, "It's my job as a friend to help you out."
Sarecus laughed as the two shook hands and headed to the center.
Well, that's that. It seems Tenshi's friendship with Sarecus is fractured…but will it be mended? That's all I can say…well…it's a little darker and a little bloodier than my normal writings…but it's all good. Anyway, what are you expecting for the end of this story? I would love to hear them! Also, I cannot accept any more requests at the moment…a little backed up in ideas…so let's refrain from requests until April…But I do hope everyone enjoyed this chapter!