Pokemon Fan Fiction ❯ Rejected ❯ The First Nightmare ( Chapter 10 )

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OFF: It took a while... but the next chapter is finally done!

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CHAPTER 10: THE FIRST NIGHTMARE
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"Come on! Can I go now? Let's kill him already!" begged a somewhat cute but twisted and tortured-sounding voice.

"Be patient. It will take a while to break his will... and you know it would be better to take him alive anyway..." replied a familiar feminine voice...

"NO! I will not wait! I had enough! I waited far too long for this moment!... and I want him dead! DEAD! Whenever I escape that fate is up to if I can get him dead or not!" replied harshly the cute but tortured voice.

"Do as you will. You're already dead anyway. As if seeing you throw your life away will make any difference. You're nothing but an expendable puppet. We'll replace you instantly." stated coldly the feminine voice.

"HMPH! It's not like that moron can beat me! After all... you cannot kill what's already dead! I'll kill him... slowly..." said the tortured voice.

"Remember that we won't help you. You turn away from us? Then you deserve nothing less than to burn in Hell. We aren't giving you back your soul, fool!" said the cold, feminine voice.

"Heh! You'll be FORCED to give me back what's mine once I'll return with his undead corpse! Just you wait! I'll show you that your touch couldn't suck all of my powers away! I'll show everyone!" stated the cute voice.

"HMPH! Your loss. I'm outta this dump now." said the cold voice.

Then, the wind blew... and the vision faded...

...

I stood there, staring at the sky... and then, I turned to face two familiar figures...

Both of them were mouse-shaped, about the size of a Pikachu, and had long rabbit-shaped ears.

The one on the left had the ears, tail, and cheeks red. It's tail as well as the symbol on it's cheeks were shaped like a plus symbol. The creature was male and was a bit short on it's feet... and while it was definitely able to stand on it's hindlegs, it seemed to prefer to walk on all four.

This Pokemon... was Plusle. I decided not to think anything of him, out of respect for the other Pokemon next to him...

She was of a specie that seemed awfully familiar to Plusle's... exept that she had much, much nicer curves and not only becease she was a female! No... she was just plain beautiful. Just as much as the Plusle's eyes were unexpressive, the female's eyes were filled with life... or at least... they used to be filled with life...

I stood there... and I had the weird feeling that Cherlie was not happy... that her heart lies elsewhere...

"Why do we keep on running on that cat Pokemon?!?" asked the Plusle, obviously annoyed.

Cherlie didn't said anything...

... uneasy silence...

... must break... silence...

"Hi." I stated.

"Goodbye!" said the Plusle.

"Wait!" shouted Cherlie, grabbing Plusle's arm.

"What is it, Minun?" he asked, confused.

"Maybe we could stay here and... you know... watch the stars?" she asked.

The Plusle frowned but then pasted a sincere smile on his face.

"What's so special about the stars? No! Let's get back into the caves and race! It will be fun!" he said.

The Minun sighed loudly. That. Big. Oblivious. Doofus. She's itching for a private, romantic moment and he acts in such an immature, hormone-driven way?... HMPH!

"Al... alright. Let us return into the caves..." she said, saddened.

The Plusle cheered and happily hopped back into the caves... but Cherlie remained behind, staring... at me? No! Just my jealousy acting up. She's staring at the sky, the stars, realising that her new boyfriend was much, much different from her last one... Don't try and guess what she's thinking. You're not reading her mind right now and I'm not gonna read her mind without her asking me to... else, it would be like raping her soul. It would be just... wrong...

She slowly walked back into the caves... and I had the urge to follow them...

Well, what wrong would it be in following them? I'll keep my distances so they do not notice me...

"WHEEEE!!!" cheered the Plusle, jumping around in the caves...

Minun followed him, clearly not having as much fun as the little male electric rodent. Many times, she sighed...

Then, we made it back to the main area, with the rock mirror, the light, the death... the death... hole... ugh... I'm gonna throw up if I think of it...

The two, they stopped...

"Hey Minun! Can you smell it? A garden, nearby!... this way!" it yelled, running into a random tunnel entrance.

Minun raised an eyebrow. I was happy to see her amused. So far, she had mostly showed disappointment toward her boyfriend... but she now seemed a little bit happy.

As for what she was going to do... it was fairly obvious what she was going to do. She was not going to let him get away... and neither was I!

We both entered the tunnel. I still following her from a good distance, of course... and quickly, we made it to a beautiful opening.

The tunnel led outside, to the edge of a cliff. Flowers and grass covered the ground and small bushes acted as a wall on the sides.

The Minun looked up... "The stars are so beautiful..."

The Plusle looked down... "The garden is so beautiful..."

They both stared at each others... and then, the Plusle grinned. "Hey! Can you cheer for me a bit?" he asked.

Cherlie stood there, wondering why she would do such a thing. "And... why would I do that? I mean... it's not like you're going to do anything physically or emotionnally taxing? Besides, it's not like you need any cheering... you're happy enough already."

"Not doing something physically taxing?" asked the red mouse, grinning. "THINK AGAIN!"

He lashed toward the Minun! I was tempted to use my psychic powers... but I awaited to see what he was doing. I seen the two spin about until the Plusle found himself pinned down by Cherlie. "You ain't doing anything!" she stated, amused.

"Heeheehee! Think again!" said the Plusle in his squeaky voice.

The two begun to spin about and soon, the two were happily playing... and I felt satisfied. I had been afraid that Cherlie wouldn't be happy... but altought their relationship is different... it appears to be genuine. I guess I can now... now... sniff... depart for good...

My fists are trembling in sorrow... but this sorrow is necessary. I will never forget her... now I will leave quietly knowing that...

?!?

I felt something... I turned back and ran back toward the garden! I stood in the shadows and saw Cherlie, frowning in embarasment...

"Plusle... I'm not ready... please understand..." she said.

"Non-sense!" stated the Plusle, forming large sparks of electricity! He then lifted them into his hands and made a backflip, landing to Cherlie's right. "I'm so full of energy... I'm gonna explode!... and playing isn't emptying it anymore... you know what I need... and I know what you want..."

Cherlie stood there... and I felt my fur tickling... a powerful field of static electricity... Cherlie was fighting to keep her power inside... her power which was reacting to Plusle's sparks...

"You can't keep it inside, Minun. It is not only your electricity... it is the emotionnal and physical overload. The time has come. We have know each others for a while, after all!" he said.

He unloaded more electricity and this time, he touched her cheeks with sparks. Cherlie yelped and backed away, trembling...

"Hey! Relax! Fighting your instincts will just stress you further. Unload your electricity... and your feelings." he said.

She frowned... "Alright... I understand... this was to be espected... I always knew that we would do something like this, the day we met... but I didn't tought it would be here... at such a moment..."

She stepped toward him, trying to calm down... and my jealousy reached it's peak. I felt dark flames flowing out of my body... but then, I remainded me that it was her life, her choices... but then, he's manipulating her like Celebi manipulated me!... or maybe not. Their relationship is weird...

She went to kiss Plusle... but as her lips was about to touch Plusle, he backward away, disgusted. "YUUUUUCK!!! What are you doing?!?" he asked, panicked.

Cherlie opened her eyes. "I... I tried to kiss you..."

The Plusle seemed angered. "Do I look like a human to you? Do I run around and catch wild Pokemon?"

The Plusle noticed how Cherlie seemed sad... and then approached her and hugged her. "Relax... I didn't mean it... You see... kissing is wrong. We are Pokemon... let us love each others like Pokemon..."

Cherlie closed her eyes... "We are not Pokemon, Plusle... I never was, at least. I am a Defect... an undead..."

"Don't worry. I'm sure that someday, thanks to the Legendary Pokemon, the pokeballs will stop denying us. You'll see the care and love that Pokemon trainers have for us... and you'll be happy." he said.

So... THIS is where Cherlie had heard of all this "Pokemon trainers love their Pokemon" rubbish! It was her ex-boyfriend who told her all that!

"Plusle... Pokemon trainers... don't love us. They use us..." she said.

"Calm down Minun... you had bad experiences with humans. Those were exeptions. Pokemon trainers really care for their Pokemon. The Legendary Pokemon said so. You have faith in the Legendary Pokemon, right?" he asked, grinning.

She slowly nodded...

"Fine... then... anwser my question... do you love me, Minun?" asked the male mouse.

Cherlie smiled. "I never loved anyone more ever before..." she anwsered.

"Then show me that seductive dance of yours..." he said.

Cherlie nodded and then, sighed, emptying her mind... she remembered the steps, the poses, the moves... she relaxed herself and then unloaded her stored electricity, forming two large sparks of electricity...

Then, she gracefully leaped from a side to another... and then up and down... and begun to leap... even throwing her sparks and grabbing them again... producing more sparks...

Such an amazing show of lights... Cherlie put her entire heart into the dance, her body moving so smoothly and gracefully in a perfect rythm... and the sparks she let out... they were perfect spheres of deep blue electricity, like the depth of her love...

Then, upon doing the last move, she landed in front of Plusle and thrown the final two sparks, covering her body in a veil of light... and slowly, the veil faded...

She stared into the red and yellow mouse's eyes and awaited something...

I could see his organ growing... Cherlie closed her eyes, kneeled, and opened her mouth... but what she awaited never came. Plusle walked around her and placed himself behind her.

Cherlie opened her eyes, feeling his hands on her hips. "Huh? What are you..."

"Well, we're mating, aren't we?" he asked.

"Yes but..." she said.

"Don't worry. I'll be quick. It won't last long..." he said.

Cherlie turned to face Plusle. "WHAT? But I WANT it to last long!"

Plusle raised an eyebrow. "Huh? Why would you want such a thing?" he asked.

"I want to enjoy this moment... I want to enjoy the romance, both in the physical and emotionnal sense... We're not merely mating... we are..." she couldn't finish her sentance.

He thrusted foward, saying: "You talk too much, Minun."

She dodged the incoming organ to the side. The Plusle got upset. "HEEEY! Why did you do that?"

"Listen... if you want to mate, you'll have to play by my rules." said the Minun.

"Your rules? I hump you, impregnating you, then I get a new female. It's this simple. Really." he stated.

Cherlie got back up and spun around at an incredible speed, facing the Plusle. "WHAT?!? WHAT DID YOU SAY?!?" she screamed, her face crimson red.

"Hey! Why are you so upset? It's not like you would be possessive, like a human! Our romance reached it's peak. Gonna end it while it's good... and gonna end it the right way!" he said.

SLAP!

Cherlie slapped Plusle with all of her strenght! It took a while for Plusle to realise that he had been slapped... and his face turned just as red as Cherlie's!

"WHY YOU LITTLE... Minun! Why did you do that?!?" he asked.

"I tought you loved me!" she cried.

"What? But I still do! Of course I love you! Why do you think I'm willing to do that, else?" he asked.

"You have a weird definition of love, wanting to dump me as soon as possible!" she said.

"You're acting like a human, Minun!" scolded the male rodent. "You do not choose your mate! You are to love him, whoever he may be at the time! Let your feelings carry you! We are Pokemon, not humans! Let us love each others like Pokemon!"

Cherlie turned around, disappointment in her eyes... but soon, the disappointment was replaced by a cold glare... for some reason, I instinctively stepped back, seeing her terrible, scary stare...

Plusle, him, ignored the way the female was staring at him. He grinned and then proceeded to try and ram her where it counts with his... "thing"... "Heh! Much better..." he stated.

She lowered her tail, touching his organ when it was about to enter...

ZAAAAAAAAAAP!!!!

I had never heard such a high-pitched scream coming from a male before. Tears streamed down the red and yellow mouse's cheeks as he stood there, screaming so loudly I tought he had turned into an Exploud or something like that...

Once this was done, Cherlie turned around again... "So you wanna mate? Let's mate." she stated coldly.

Before the Plusle could do anything, Cherlie jumped on him and then sat on his chest, her tail touching his face. The Plusle tried to struggle... but a few more shocks from her "convainced" him to remain still. She reached down for his... organ... and then placed her lips on the erect organ...

The male yelped, not sure what to make out of this situation...

For some reason, I felt no jealousy as Cherlie lowered her head further, placing the full organ in her mouth... maybe becease the Plusle's moans were soon filled with pain and he restarted crying.

I noticed that some kind of transparent liquid was dripping out of her mouth... as well as blood. I could see her change the positon of her mouth... and each time she let off to breathe, I could see her teeth, covered with blood... and each time she replaced her lips on the organ, I heard the sound of flesh being crushed...

CRUNCH! CRUNCH!

"Minun... Mi... Miii... Nuun... noo... NOOOOOO!!!" screamed the Plusle in a twisted mix of pleasure and pain... I was not sure which feeling was stronger, really.

CRUNCH!

GLOUPGLOUPGLOUP!

CRAAAAACK!!!

Cherlie pulled out... the organ still in her mouth, thus ripping it off! I seen her mouth filled with both white and red liquid and the area between the Plusle's legs turning red as blood flowed out of the place where an organ used to be...

Cherlie pulled the organ out of her mouth and licked it a few times as it slowly was drained of all liquid and fell flat, like a empty balloon. She thrown the ripped off, emptied organ at the face of her all-new ex-lover.

"You wanted to mate? You mated, now buzz off." she harshly stated.

She jumped off him, her eyes cold as ice... and then, the ice shattered and her eyes were soon filling with tears as she noticed me, standing at the entrance of the tunnel...

She was trembling... I could see her sadness... her guilt... I could tell that she suddenly felt so... guilty... She must feel horrible, thinking she has betrayed her lover's feelings, whenever it may be truly me or Plusle... for she betrayed both of us...

"YOU STUPID MONSTER!!!" screamed the Plusle, in tears. "COME BACK HERE, MINUN!"

Cherlie turned back to Plusle, her tears were overcame by a feeling... a feeling of satisfaction...

She grinned evilly and despite her tears and guilt, the grin was sincere... "The name's Cherlie, you moron! Minun is the name of my specie."

She slowly walked toward me, her smile turning into a sweet one... and I noticed the tears streaming down her cheeks... She was obviously tortured by guilt... and yet... she seemed so... relieved... so... happy...

"Yes... YES!!! Live in meaningless illusions, Minun! Go on and live your so-called human love with that freak! You're nothing but a nameless common rodent like me! YOU HEARD ME?!? NOTHING BUT A NAMELESS COMMON RODENT!!!" he screamed, fighting the pain.

Cherlie was now standing in front of me... and I felt... I felt... I couldn't really describe it... I felt as if I had a nightmare for years and as if, finally, I was waking up from it... and was greeted by an angel...

The transparent, white, and red liquid on her didn't dirtied her fur... nothing could. She was pure, sinless, innocent, full of life... as she had always been. Ever since the day of her death birth, unbirth, or whatever it was... she has always been and will always remain as she is.

I now fully realise it... She can only be undead... yes... she can only be an undead spirit of Light... an angel... an angel that was pulled out of her failed birth to bring light to this empty world... and I will not let her be harmed by anyone.

"I... I will understand if you hate me..." she slowly said, looking down, ashamed...

I bent down and hugged her. Hate her? Never... Never ever... Throught suffering or hapiness... I will never let her down... never...

"Cherlie... I always knew you would keep your promise..." I stated.

She closed her eyes and frowned. "But... you saw me... I... I..."

"I do not care about such unimportant details." I stated. "As long as there will be love in my heart for you... then I will be happy. I do not ask you to accept me... or even to love me back... only to acknowledge the existance of such a feeling..."

I lifted her and held her in my arms. "The sky is beautiful Cherlie... I want to share my memories of the sky with you..."

"Let us gaze at it from the summit..." she suggested.

I simply nodded and she understood... slowly, her tears stopped coming and I felt her grip on my chest grow more confident as the guilt slowly left her heart... I had accepted her... and that was obviously all that mattered to her... and to me, as well.

As I entered the network of tunnels, I heard the Plusle scream in pain and anger at us... at Cherlie... but neither of us paid any attention. He can scream, he can taunt us... we just don't care... then, we made it back to the main room, with the mirror rock and all...

"Mewlt... wanna race to the top?" asked the Minun in my arms.

I realised... that I hadn't done a lot of things with Cherlie. We know what interested each others... but never had we shared memories of those activities together, for real. I remembered the day she taught me to swim... We could really use some more memories like that.

I placed her on the ground... "Don't cheat, my kitty! No psychic-powered dashes!" stated Cherlie, her natural playful nature surfacing.

"No electricity-powered sprints either." I told her, my amusement washing away all of my worries.

We both nodded. "3... 2... 1..." she slowly said...

I bent down, standing on my right knee while I touched the ground with my left hand. I calculated how far the main room was from the summit...

"GO!" shouted Cherlie.

She got on her four and dashed foward. I launched myself foward using the powerful muscles in my legs to gain an acceptable initial run speed... and then, I continued to run while Cherlie ran too.

We raced throught the tunnels, running and jumping toward the sky... and as we ran, the walls of the tunnels seemed unreal to me... the light of the moon and the stars reflected on the mirror rock in the main area and then reflected on the walls everywhere in the cave network, giving the walls a black, starry look... it was like running in space... well, in a very dusty and rocky road set in space with oxygen and gravity.

"If I win... you'll grant me one wish!" said Cherlie, jumping over a large rock and getting the lead.

"If I win, you'll grant me one wish, too!" I replied, running throught a corner at a tight angle, catching up and getting the lead.

I heard her laugh echoe throught the tunnels... and I smiled. I was starting to get tired from running like that... but I didn't cared. I already know what will be my wish if I make it to the top and if she makes it first... then I want to be as close to her as possible. I want this race to be as even as possible.

She surprised me... for such a small Pokemon that runs on all four, she sure is fast! I really have difficulty keeping up... but well, maybe that's becease I usually use my psychic powers to boost my speed...

Then, we made it out of the cave and back to the summit... and Cherlie made a final sprint for it, getting ahead of me at the last second.

CRUD! Beaten by a mouse... well, whatever! That was fun!... altought tiring.

"Nice... race..." she told me, panting.

"You're pretty fast yourself..." I anwsered, out of breath as well.

"I hope you enjoyed whatever you were doing... for it will be the last thing you'll experience together." stated a cute yet twisted and tortured voice.

We both turned to see a shadow hovering, just above the cliff...

"Welcome to your doom! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!" laughed evilly a familiar voice...

I remembered this voice! It was one of those voices that haunted my nightmares! It was that voice that always told me to give it back it's life or something... a cute yet cruel and tortured-sounding voice...

The creature stared into my eyes, it's black, empty eyes filling my heart with a nameless fear...

The creature's face was completely decayed, the right half of the face covered with a white, delicate skin that was covered with ugly patches of rotten flesh. In the middle was a black scar of burnt flesh, making a clear limit between the part of his face where there was still flesh and the other which was simply the creature's skull, completely exposed. There was barely enough flesh and skin left on this creature to cover it's jaws, causing it to have a permanent, creepy grin... and the eyelids rotten and half-bitten, it's black empty eyes never closed, never blinked, never slept... Atop the creature's head, a huge star hat of some sort made of pure gold... that was rusted to the point of losing it's color. The gold was dusty and fell into pieces, large patches of the golden metal turned red while some other parts just fell off into dust. Awfully old-looking blue notes were pasted on the hat with different messages in various ancient languages written on them... The creature was about Celebi's size but had a slightly more masculine frame... despite the fact that the creature seemed much less powerful physically. It's chest had no skin left at all and a dead, rotten heart still pumped inside it, sending black, dirty blood throught the open veins, a lot of it constantly flowing out of the rib cage, tainting the rotten flesh purple. It's left arm and right leg were still pretty much intact and the delicate, cute traits were still recognisable... despite the patches of decayed skin and half-eaten muscles. The right arm and left leg, however, had almost no flesh left, the skin hanging on the end of his wrist and ankle like rings of flesh, the bone toes and fingers of it's hand and foot being totally visible. Two long pieces of golden cloth were coming out of the creature's back, like a cape of some sort and the cloth was stained with dirt, blood, water, and all other things causing it to look awful.

In fact, the being was just plain terrifying and awful-looking... and the stench! THE STENCH! OH GREAT HO-OH!

This creature was so horribly stinky... it was obvious that the creature hadn't finished decayed as even right now, it continued to decay... and my eyes widened, noticing small insect Pokemon on his skin, feasting on the rotten flesh and him, not minding it, as if feeling nothing. I felt my stomach turn upside down... especially when the creature opened it's mouth to speak again and that a legion of disgusting, tiny larvaes crawled out of his mouth as he spoke.

I saw the larvaes crawl out and bite into the rotten lips of the creature but quickly fall off, landing on the ground, unable to remain on the creature's face.

"You took my life... you took my life... and I'm taking it back..." it chanted, the larvaes in his mouth distorting his voice, giving it a liquid-like feel to it...

I kept on staring at the creature... why did I felt like I already met it? Why am I so terrified?

"You took my life... and I'm taking it back..." it continued to chant.

Then, suddenly... I had the feeling that everything was getting brighter... I felt something poking my left leg...

"Mewlt! Look!" said Cherlie, pointing toward the sky.

I turned to the sky... and noticed the sun shining brightly among the stars, giving the nightsky a bright blue color. But how was it possible? It was still the middle of the night and...

"Hahahaha... I'm taking it back... You took my life... and I'm taking it back..." chanted the creature.

I turned to him, pointing to the sky. "Y... you did that?" I asked, not believeing what I was seeing.

The creature laughed, maggots splashing all around it. "HA! GUARG! GUARG! ARG! ARG! HA! HA! Oh... yes! Yes it is my work! It is... my desire... and your death! THE DOOM DESIRE!"

There was a blinding light... and...

FLASH!!!

The first nightmare... has begun...

FLASH!!!

When I awoke, I was... WHAT?!? On top of a rock platform floating in the middle of space?!? The space was bright blue, the sun shining just in front of me... this was a nightmare... it only could...

"That's right! This is a nightmare... YOUR NIGHTMARE!" boomed a horrific, demonic voice.

I turned around to face the creature, now encased in bright white flames.

"The time has come! Feel the wrath of Jirachi, the Legendary Pokemon of Fate!" said the creature.

Jirachi?!? That thing is Jirachi?!?

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

The creature that claimed to be Jirachi fired three beams of pure light toward me in a quick succession. Too shocked to move, I stood there and took the hits...

FWOOOSH!!! FWOOOSH!!! FWOOOSH!!!

AAAAAAARG!!! My... ooow... never before had I been struck with such a powerful attack. I KNOW that each beam made a clear hole throught my skin and burnt me inside out... I can feel it.

What can I do against such a being? There's nowhere to run... nowhere to hide... and I'm exhausted from the race with Cherlie...

"HAHAHA! DIE!!" yelled the undead monster.

He gripped me with a psychic force. Too afraid to react, I let him slam me into the ground... and anyway, I was so tired... as if I could have reacted...

SLAAAAAM!!!
CRAAAACK!!!

MEEEEAAAAARG!!! My left leg must have been completely crushed by that impact...

"MEWLT!" screamed Cherlie.

I turned around... what is she doing here?!?

"You evil MONSTER! What did Mewlt do to you?!?" asked Cherlie, angered.

"He lives. He should not be living. That's all you should know." replied Jirachi, still grinning like a maniac.

Sparks gathered around Cherlie's cheeks. It's useless... it's a nightmare. She won't be able to harm Jirachi and anyway, if he's truly the mighty Legendary Pokemon Jirachi, what are the chances that Cherlie can harm him?

"Miiiiii... NUUUUUUUUUN!!!" screamed Cherlie, unleashed the largest Thunderbolt she had ever unleashed.

The huge beam of electricity left her body and then struck Jirachi's little frame. My eyes widened in disbelief as Jirachi flinched in pain under the effect of the attack.

WAIT A MINUTE! If this is a nightmare... how can Cherlie harm a fruit of my imagination?... and how did I got hurt in the first place, too? How could Jirachi be touched by the attack of a mere Pokemon?... how can I be harmed in a nightmare?

Maybe... maybe that this nightmare isn't quite as unreal as I had tought... and maybe that if I face my fear, I can overcome that nightmare and survive!

I stood up, using my psychic powers to support my body since my left leg was crushed.

"Cherlie... I don't know what kind of twisted vision this is... but if you can harm that Jirachi or whatever that monster may be... then maybe I can too!" I stated.

I pointed at Jirachi and concentrated... I gathered dark energy between my two hands... and then, I thrown the sphere of dark energy. The Shadow Ball flied toward Jirachi and...

BOOOM!!!

The Shadow Ball exploded violently on impact, sending larvaes and flies flying everywhere!

Then, there was a gust of wind and the smoke disappeared, revealing a severely angered Jirachi!

"I will NOT let you get in the way of my revival! Light ALWAYS prevail over Darkness! Learn your place!" it said harshly, anger replacing his usual pain in his voice.

He pointed at me... but this time, I won't let him harm me.

ZAP!

The beam of light came flying toward me at incredible speed! I concentrated... and the beam didn't even slow down!

FWOOOSH!!!

ACK!... wheeze! It missed the heart and struck my right shoulder, thankfully. So... painful...

ZAP!

No time to dodge! I created a psychic barrier, trying to block the beam... but the beam passed right throught.

FWOOOSH!!!

OOOOW!!!... missed the heart again. Struck the belly. This isn't going to end well...

ZAP!

Man! I'm sick of that!... and still no time to dodge since he made no pause before shooting each beam. Altought it was useless, I placed my hands in front of my face instinctively, to protect it...

FWOOOSH!!!

UGH! Flinched in pain from the impact, just to the right of the heart... very barely missed. I'm thankful that Jirachi's aim is really, really bad.

"Mewl!!! Are you alright?" asked the Minun, panicked.

I wanted to anwser yes... but it would have been a lie and besides, I was way too busy using my powers to try and keep my wounds from bleeding... I tried to fight the pain enough to use Recover... but the pain was... very strong... and I was... so tired...

"YOU'RE GOING DOWN!!!" screamed Cherlie, dashing foward.

"Learn your place, worm!" said Jirachi, pointing at the Minun.

ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

BAM! BAM! BAM!

Each beam struck rock, not flesh as Cherlie used Quick Attack to dodge each of them. Then, Cherlie jumped and charged right into Jirachi's stomach!

BLAAAAAAAARSH!!!

Jirachi's eyes widened as Cherlie's head smashed into his stomach at full speed!

"GUAAAAAARGLGLGL!!!" Jirachi's scream was so... very unpleasant to hear. He coughed a lot of black, dirty blood as well as tons of larvaes, which flied over Cherlie before splashing on the ground below...

Cherlie dropped down and landed back on the platform, in front of the black puddle.

Jirachi grasped his stomach in pain... and then bent down and then begun to womit without being able to control himself! Soon enough, a real mountain of maggots, larvaes, and flies was crawling below the undead monster... it was so... ugh... my stomach...

Jirachi stood there for a while, staring at the insects and then, turning to me...

"You... you stupid spawn of Darkness!" he muttered.

Jirachi wiped the liquid off his face and then closed his eyes as he begun to concentrate...and I felt a mysterious force forming around me... a psychic force...

I concentrated, trying to break Jirachi's grip... but he was really, REALLY strong. I need to... concentrate... more... Ugh... still... being... lifted... more power... need more power... Ugh... I... shouldn't... have... raced... Cherlie... to... the... top... NO! Can't... give up...

HMPH!!! AAAAAARG!!!

"MEEEEEEAAAAARG!" I screamed, opening my eyes and unleashing the most powerful psychic force that my strenght could gather.

The two forces collided and Jirachi's grip was broken!... but he was not going to let his psychic blast vanish so easily either! My eyes widened as the psychic blast was deflected by my own psychic blast and then sent straight into Cherlie!

"ACK!" she yelped, struck by the psychic blast.

Without psychic powers of her own, Cherlie was unable to defend against the attack and was sent flying. My heart begun to beat faster as I saw Cherlie flying backward, tears flying out of her eyes due to the pain and a few crimson drops flying out of her mouth...

BAM!

Cherlie landed on her back, several feet farther. She slowly got up and stared angrily at Jirachi... and I did the same. How dare he harms Cherlie?!? Large dark flames errupted from my body...

"What's wrong? Angry that I touched that rodent? Heh! It really doesn't matter for you will be struck with the same poison that infected me... and then, you will die!" said Jirachi, an evil grin visible on his face.

He pointed downward, toward the pile of various larvaes, flies, and other disgusting things that had been expelled from his rotten body during the fight. He closed his eyes and then, a blue aura surrounded the undead monster... and the slimy insects begun to be turned into some kind of disgusting juice as Jirachi crushed the insects and liquefied them, mixing them with his own dirty, black blood that covered the floor...

Then, he slowly lifted the newly-formed gigantic sphere of liquid using his powers and placed it over his head.

"Let's see what you can do against such a big Sludge Bomb!" said the undead monster.

He pointed at me and then, his eyes glowed red! "DIE!!!"

The gigantic sphere of slime was hurled toward me. It was truly huge, more than four times my size, and the sound and smell... I didn't knew how many different types of toxins this thing contains... and personally, I do not want to find out!

Knowing that deflecting such a gigantic ball of poison would be next to impossible in my current state, I decided to try and run for it. I gathered psychic energy and then blasted my own body, sending myself flying backward away from the bomb... and obviously, I did it just on time as just as I got out of the way, the sphere splatted and exploded loudly upon striking the ground.

BLOOOOOOOOOOORSH!!!

The sphere exploded upon impact, causing an earthquake and sending deadly sludge splashing everywhere. I tried to shield myself with a psychic shield... but the liquid proved to be a powerful acid and quickly eaten the barrier away. Fortunately, none of the liquid actually touched my body so I was fine... but Cherlie...

I turned to where Cherlie should have been and noticed that she had received full damage from the attack... which was visible in the way that a lot of her fur and skin had been melted by the disgusting liquid. I felt sick and sad, seeing her bones being revealed by the deadly poison...

I turned toward Jirachi... my hatred was growing but then... Jirachi is undead... and I know from experience that the undead cannot be killed.

"HMPH! You were not supposed to dodge this attack!... but nevertheless, the rat is down! Now, you're alone!" it said.

Cherlie stepped foward. "Down but not out."

Jirachi's jaw dropped, litterally, forcing him to grab it and place it back into position. "HUH?!? You are... undead?!?"

Cherlie simply nodded... and then, Jirachi became even angrier! "YOU VILE, VILE MONSTER OF DARKNESS!"

I stepped foward... it was obvious that we were getting nowhere. Our attacks were only angering Jirachi further and I'm not intent on letting that thing beat me up either... and why does it says that I took it's life, anyway? "Jirachi... we're getting nowhere. Why don't you explain to me... what happened to you? You're accusing me of stealing your life... but I never did anything to you."

"You are Darkness! Thus, you stole my life!" boomed the Legendary Pokemon.

Cherlie stood there, staring at Jirachi in disbelief. "You are not Jirachi." she stated.

The undead creature turned to Cherlie, enraged. "WHAT DID YOU SAID?!?"

"You are not Jirachi. You cannot be Jirachi. Jirachi is the Legendary Pokemon of wishes. He is kind-hearted and despite his loneliness, they say that he never lost hope and faith in the world... But you... you're nothing but a monster who attacks us merely becease of our natures." she stated.

"SHUT UP!!! DARKNESS IS PURE EVIL AND THUS, ALWAYS LIES! YOU'RE PLAYING MIND GAMES!" screamed the monster.

I begun to feel sorry for the monster... My fear and hatred was slowly disappearing as the creature looked to me as little more than a desesperate child trying anything just to get rid of his pain... even if it involves hurting people around him.

"Look at yourself... you say that Darkness is nothing but Evil... and yet, you are a creature of the Darkness too. You are undead." I stated.

Jirachi grasped his head and stared at me, eyes widened by both pain and anger. "NO! SHUT UP!"

"Just go and leave us alone." I told him.

Jirachi screamed in rage... and for a second, I tought that I could witness a few tears... no, must have been my imagination...

"MEWLT!!!" screamed Cherlie, dashing toward me.

Huh? All that he's doing is screaming. What's so dangerous about...

BOOOOOOOOM!!!

... about him... scr... screa... hard... to... think... out... of breath...

I... I looked down... and... no... how... why...

"HAHAHA! TOLD YOU! Fake tears have a way of making people lower their guard!" stated Jirachi.

My... my chest... opened... I'm... I'm emptying... myself... cold... so cold... so tired...

BAM!

"NOOOOOOOO!!!" sceamed even more loudly Cherlie.

Hmmm... tired... it's... cold and... no... it's no longer cold... can't... think... so dizzy... everything... dark...

My... my right hand was grabbed by... by... something... rose it a bit... can't see anything...

"Please... not you too..." she cried.

I'm... I'm sad and I don't know why... who is she... why am I here... can't... feel anything... tired...

"YES! I DID IT! I did it... I... di... ha... h... a... !! .... ...." his voice faded until I could no longer hear it... and his light vanished...

It's... all dark... all dark... everything's dark... I can... barely see her... I seen her move her mouth... but... I can no longer hear her...

Am... I dying?...

thump... thump... thump...

This... noise... I know that... it is my heart... but I never... paid attention to... to... to it before... I... no longer feel anything... empty... so empty...

thump... ... thump... ... thump... ...

Pau... se... gr... growi... growing... lo... long... er... be... betw... tween... ea... each... bea... beat... can't... think... too... tired... bathing... in my... own... blood... can't... even... feel... the... liquid... can't... feel... any... any... thing...

I... this... I... no... I... will not... die... not... in a nightmare... I... I refuse... no... please no...

Help... somebody... help...

Cherlie... is... gone... I can... no longer see... her... can't... see... myself... can't...

ugh...

thump...

...

...

thump...

...

...

Please... beat... another time...

...

...

No... sound...

...

ACK!!!

MEEEEEAAAAAAARG!!! TH... TH... THE PAIN!!! MY... MY CHEST!!! IS... IS EXPLODING!!!

"MEWLT!!!"

FLASH!!!

I'm... I'm... it's over... it's over... completely over... I'm dead, gone, deceased, destroyed, six feet under... I'm...

"NO! THIS CANNOT BE! THIS... THIS BEING CANNOT... THIS CANNOT... BE POSSIBLE! A RODENT CAN'T USE... THE BLOOD SIN! IT'S JUST... NOT POSSIBLE!"

Jirachi? How can I hear him?... wait a minute... I can think? What... happened? Blood Sin? What's that?

"MEEEEEWLT!!!" screamed Cherlie.

My heart instantly shattered... her voice... so much pain... so much sorrow... I never heard such a painful scream before... never ever... not even in my worst nightmares...

"GYAAAAAARGGLORGLOGRRGLRgelrrlrglfgl..." Jirachi's voice faded again... but this time, it wasn't my ability to hear that was diminushing... it was...

FLASH!

I had a vision... Jirachi... consumed by a ray of gigantic crystal-blue tears. Consumed by pure sorrow and love mixed together... I seen a vision of Cherlie, her veins completely open, her blood running out of her body and forming large crimson wings around her... she floated in the air, her eyes empty, her veins emptying, the red liquid forming a strange symbol under her...

I slowly got up and stared at myself... my chest had been splitted open, my shoulders and head barely remaining attached to the lower part of my body. The heart, the organs, the bones were all sticking out in a bloody mess, barely connected to my body. My heart... was not beating... my lungs... completely opened and not working.

Still, I stood there, before Cherlie... was I undead? No... I felt a power running throught my body, forcing life into it. I was not dead... altought I should be.

As I stared at Cherlie, she had stopped bleeding... which was normal since not a single drop was left in her body. She stood there, her heart not beating like mine... and yet, power flowing out of her... a power which I had never sensed in her before.

Then, as I stared into Cherlie's eyes... her eyes seemed to flash white... and...

I caught a glimpse of her soul... a soul that wasn't of the same shape than her body... but the light was so bright... I couldn't see what it looked like... altought this light... when I think about it... I think I saw it somewhere before...

FLASH!!!

GASP!

I jumped back on my feet. Cherlie did the same. We were both back on the summit of Mt.Moon, in the states that we were in before this strange nightmare begun...

The sky was back to nightime, a black veil with small stars visible everywhere...

Jirachi floated in front of us, covered with fatal wounds... the same that we had inflicted on him during the nightmare...

All cruelty, all arrogance slowly vanished from his face and he fell to the ground, tears flowing out of his eyes. Despite his horrific form and state, I felt mercy for such an innocent-looking creature... despite knowing how much hatred lies in his heart...

"I... I... I only wanted... to serve... Ho-oh..." cried the undead Pokemon.

Unable to remain in the air, Jirachi slowly landed in front of me and crawled toward me...

"I... I tought that... Light... always prevailed... over Darkness... but... but I was defeated... by that same power... once again..." he continued.

His final ounce of strenght left him as he was about to grab my left foot... he turned to me, the last bits of skin on his face falling off. Even the insects were leaving his body as he died for the second time...

"I... I can't believe I'm going to... die... for real..." he slowly cried.

"Die? Let me laugh. You're undead. You can't die." said Cherlie.

Jirachi turned to Cherlie... "The undead... will live if it has a soul... but... I have no soul... I will... disappear... becease of my weakness... I don't even get... to see her again... to see those I left behind again..."

All of his flesh had now turned to dust, leaving only the cape, the star-shaped hat thing, and his skeleton... and despite his lungs being gone, air still came out of his mouth, making out sounds.

"I'll... be waiting for you, Mewlt! I'll be waiting for you... at Hell's gates!" he announced.

With that said, a strange breeze blowed and the last remains of the Legendary Pokemon were reduced to dust and blown into the sky...

Where Jirachi used to be, a small sphere stood... but I was too shocked to grab it.

So much... had happened... and so quickly...

First, that Plusle revealing his true colors to Cherlie and her returning to me... then... the race... and then... Jirachi's appearance... the nightmare... the Blood Sin, whatever it was... Cherlie's final word using a strange voice... Jirachi's definitive death... and now this sphere...

I... I killed a Legendary Pokemon... I still can't believe it... I'm a monster... I killed one of this world's deities... I... I'm... a demon...

"Mewlt... this... is still the nightmare isn't it? We are going to awaken... aren't we?" asked Cherlie.

I unsheated the claws of my right hand, closed my eyes, and then slowly scratched my left arm...

scrrrrr...

It... hurts...

Now... open your eyes...

No... I'm still on the summit... the sphere is still here... this cannot be... I did not truly kill a Legendary Pokemon, didn't I? I'm just a mortal... and furthermore, I was labelled evil! What did I done? Why? How?

This... is not real... this is a product of my imagination...

Close your eyes... scratch your arm...

scrrrrr...

HMPH!!! Painful...

Open your eyes...

I'm still on the summit, with the sphere, with the proof that I am what Jirachi claimed I was. I... I killed a Legendary Pokemon... I'm a monster... I... am... a monster...

"Mewlt..." called Cherlie...

She stood before me, smiling, tears in her eyes...

"Calm down..." she said, reaching to my right leg with her tiny paws...

No... I... promised her I would love her for real... that I wouldn't be dependant anymore. I won't be a burden... not anymore.

"WHAAAA?!?" she yelped, as I lifted her with my psychic powers.

I hugged her with all of my strenght to comfort her... sniff... sniff... no! Don't cry! Don't be a burden anymore! Don't confirm what Plusle said! I hugged her harder...

"Can't... breathe..." she said.

YOU MORON! Don't crush her either! I stopped hugging... and stared into her eyes. My vision... was all blury from the tears... I wiped them. I had to be strong... I must be strong...

But then... am I worthy anymore? I'm... evil... I killed Jirachi. I'm evil...

"Mewlt... you're... under... shock..." she cried.

"I... I'm evil... I... I killed a Legendary Pokemon..." I whispered more to myself than to her...

"That was not Jirachi... it's OK... the real Jirachi would have never did such a thing..." she said.

No. I killed Jirachi. I'm guilty. I'm a monster. I'm a monster. I'm even worse than the Pokemon trainers, than the wild Pokemon. I'm even worse than those who have let Derlank die, his dreams shattered... worse than those who ended Spark's young life so early... for they, at least, didn't dare to turn against their creators...

Suddenly, the sphere glowed... I slowly dropped Cherlie and then took the sphere in my hand... and then, I walked to the edge of the summit... the fall... would be quite long... very long...

"Cherlie... you deserve better... than a demon..." I said.

"What do you mean?" she asked, her voice filling with worry.

I looked down. I now have a reason to jump. I'll do it. No need to burden her anymore with a monster who murdered a sacred creature...

FLASH!!!

Huh? Where am I?... huh?

My hands... white with balloon fingers... I'm this Mewtwo guy again.

OK... where am I?

Blue metallic walls... a balcony. The nightsky is beautiful... and again, it is obvious that this is the past.

There's objects all around... strange square objects unlike anything I ever seen... furniture? Derlank used to say that humans have furniture in their houses.

Then, I noticed a small being cowering in the corner... Mew?

Mew is cowering in the corner?... but then, there was something different about her... both my own consciousness and Mewtwo knows it.

There is no love or care in her eyes... and her fur is white unstead of pink. A different Mew? But how can this be? There can only be one Mew... and that's what Mewtwo tought too.

I, or rather Mewtwo, stepped toward the cowering creature.

"You... I cannot believe... that you..." she whispered, panting.

Then, I noticed it. I, or rather Mewtwo, was out of breath... I felt so... excited... for some reason... and also a bit tired... that feeling... it was familiar... It was similar to how I felt when I had sometimes awakened, next to my lover... whose name, in Mewtwo's case, wasn't Cherlie, of course.

However... something was different in the feeling as well. I felt... or rather, Mewtwo was feeling awfully dirty... as if he had done something horrible... and he felt so awful... not only physically but mentally. As if he had been defiled physically and mentally and had defiled his love as well... but there was this feeling within him... the feeling that it had been necessary.

I pointed at the Mew look-alike with my balloon fingers and then forced her in close with my psychic powers... then, I grabbed her by the head. Mewtwo's psychic powers were just plain... incredible. I felt as if my powers were strong enough to lift the entire planet, the stars, everything with just a mere tought...

"Will you... humiliate me further?" asked the white-furred creature, trembling in fear at the idea of having I repeat whatever I had done just now... or rather, what Mewtwo did to her.

"The Sin was unleashed. Your purity and honor are defiled. Ho-oh has now denied you... and I will do as I please" I stated, using my loud, deep voice.

I moved to the balcony... "So... you're going to defile me in front of everyone to see? You will defile Mew, the Legendary Pokemon of Light?" asked the white cat Pokemon.

"You are not Mew. There is only one Mew... and I certainly am not going to taint myself further! Begone!" I boomed, hurling her off the balcony.

She squirmed in the air, struggling to unleash her psychic powers... but for some reason, her powers were gone... in fact, I felt an aura of darkness around her... an aura of corrupted energy...

As she grown smaller and fell off the top of the tower toward the ground, way below, I could see small bright dots shining in the air... tears... she was crying... knowing what was going to happen...

A strange feeling overcame my heart... and not even telling myself that I was not truly Mewtwo could keep me from feeling it entirely.

I had done something terrible... but altought she looked like Mew, she was not Mew. Copies were know to appear from time to time, in order to try and replace the original one... and when they appear, they must be dealt with. This was necessary... for the true, loving, caring Mew to live... the arrogant, selfish Mew must die... and stealing her purity and forcing her to unleash the Sin was the only way.

The Sin... Mewtwo knew well what it was... but his memory couldn't tell me what it was... not even what it looked like. It only said that it is unleashed when one's heart has completely shattered, when morals no longer make sense, when all that is needed is pure, raw power... but to unleash the Sin is to be marked forever, thus being denied by Ho-oh...

This was how Mew, or rather her copy, lost her powers... when her purity was taken, Mew revolted so much... she suffered so much... that she broke her vow to never use the Sin... and thus, she lost her powers... and now, she will die.

Mew... will die...

No... a copy dies... a copy dies so that the real one may live. Mew is Immortal... there is no need for successors... especially for an evil successor.

As the Mew's body reached the ground, she didn't made a single sound... her small paws touched the ground... and then, the strenght of gravity caused her to slam her stomach into the ground. She turned to the sky, trying to scream... but as gravity smashed her body and cut wide open her back, it was large blobs of blood that came errupting out of her throat. The bones in her legs and arms instantly snapped and she was crushed further into ground by the power of gravity. Her stomach was slit open, as if cut wide open by a blade... and red liquid came out, like a red shockwave, forming a carpet... during this time, her spinal column snapped into two and several organs were slinged right out of her body along with an impressive amount of blood... tears and blood drops came out of her eyes... and she vomitted excessively large amounts of the crimson substance upward. Then, gravity forced her arms, legs, and head into the ground... and her hands, feet, and skull was instantly crushed and split into two. More liquid splashed everywhere and a final, muffled scream could be heard.

Her tail, the only thing that had been spared by the power of gravity, slowly lowered itself now that it no longer was attached to anything...

I felt sick, seeing the Mew go splat on the ground... but I felt even more sick, thinking of what I had done to make this possible... and altought I couldn't remember, I knew it was terrible...

Yet... a single tought kept flashing in my head...

It was right to destroy her... so that better people may live.

FLASH!!!

I looked down... I was back on the summit of Mt.Moon... and the sphere was gone.

"Please! Don't throw your life away!" begged Cherlie.

I turned to her...

Was I worth it?... I killed a Legendary Pokemon but then... Sometimes, creatures must be destroyed so that better people may live...

But then... was destroying Jirachi worth it? He is a Legendary Pokemon... but then... he wanted to kill me merely becease of my polarity... but then, I am evil...

... when I think about it... he attempted to kill Cherlie too... and unlike me, she is not tainted... she simply is afflicted with a state she has no control on. If Jirachi was ready to kill Cherlie... then maybe he would have harmed more innocents...

"Mewlt... please..." she fell to her knees, begging.

... Jirachi... would have harmed more innocents if he wouldn't have been destroyed...

... some must be destroyed so that better ones may live...

... ... Will I throw myself off the cliff? Will I be punished for killing a Legendary Pokemon?... most definitely. It must be done...

I turned to face the path leading down... and the white-furred Mew's death flashed in my memory. Would my own death be like hers? Would I seem to land safely at first only to be crushed into ground by gravity?... do I really want such an end?... what about my promise to Derlank?

Why... would I be punished for accomplishing something that had to be done? Why would I be punished for destroying a being that seeked to harm innocents?

I... I'm not sure the people will ever forgive me for this... but Ho-oh... he will understand... I'm sure of it.

I turned around to face Cherlie. I will live... I will try to live with this guilt.

I went to step foward...

"Oh no! You're coming down with me!" Jirachi's voice?!? It echoed in my head...

CRACK!

"MEWLT!!!" screamed Cherlie.

The small piece of rock over which I was standing crumbled... and then, I fell... I attempted to grab the edge of the cliff. I had to grab it! I had to live!

SLIIIIP!!!

AAAAAAAAARG!!! My fingers!!! They were sliced wide open by the sharp rock! I... so much... pain... must concentrate... must use psychic powers to return to the summit!

UGH! NO! Can't... concentrate... pain... from fingers... stupid fingers...

BANG! BANG! BANG!

ACK! ACK! NOOO! Those sharp edges... so painful... can't concentrate!

I must slow down my descent! I must give myself chances of survival! I grabbed the wall of rocks in front of me... I had to...

SCRLAAAAATCH!!!

"MEEEEEEAAAARG!!!" I screamed as the skin, and then the flesh was devoured from my fingers by the wall of curved, upward rock blades. Soon enough, I knew that it was directly my bones that touched the blades... and even then, I still heard the atrocious sound of bone being sliced and flesh burning... the friction... I was falling fast!

I looked down... I'm falling fast! Really fast!... and I'm not gonna land on comfy bushes!... no, I'm gonna land on the hard, hard ground!

No! I... I wanted to live! I... I wanted... this is not fair! First the dream... now this...

As I reached the ground, everything seemed to slow down...

In my mind, the white-furred Mew's death replayed before me... and I knew... that this death would be my own as well.

CRAAAACK!!!

OH GREAT HO-OH!!! My... MY LEGS! AAAAACK!!!

CRAAAAAACK!!!

I'm... My legs are spreading by force, as the articulations are broken. I felt my body touch the ground... and I felt like an incredible force pushing down on my head... must resist... can't resist...

CRAAAAACK!!!

I'm thankful that I fainted and didn't had to go throught my whole death, unlike that Mew. I wouldn't have liked to feel my entire body opening and my organs being flinged upward...

=TO BE CONTINUED