Cursed Hearts; Chapter 1: A new frienemy

Story by dax104 on SoFurry

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This is the 2nd part of my novel i hope you like it, please let me know what do you think about the story and characters in the comments. (seriously please let me know).


[The next morning]

Kirod was sitting in the living room having a cup of coffee, Douglas went upstairs and once upstairs walked to the kitchen and grabbed an oran berry from a berry basket, "Good morning Douglas, did you sleep well?" Kirod asked as he finished his coffee, without receiving an answer, "well...in a few moments they will send to our monitor the missions that we must carry out today", commented the Arbok, "I hope you are ready for your first mission as Pokémon Ranger"

Minutes later, the monitor showed a broadcast in which a Rotom appeared, "Bzzzt~Good morning Team Dusk, today's mission is to deliver a peace treaty to the Dakubu Clan~Bzzzt", "ARE YOU CRAZY!!?" Kirod exclaimed with a scared tone in his voice. "Bzzzt~Is there a problem Mr. Lazy ??~Bzzzt" replied the Rotom with a mocking laugh, "What is the problem!!?, !!The Dakubu are a Clan of Assassins famous for their cruelty to devour their victims!!, every person who enters their territory disappears without a trace! You are sending us to die!!", cried the terrified Arbok.

"Bzzzt~That is the reason for the delivery, to avoid spilling more innocent blood (or at least their remains), I am only in charge of informing the missions, not assigning them, so good luck~Bzzt " *click *, the transmission ended abruptly. Douglas looked at Kirod, who was completely pale, and a few seconds later he passed out on the couch.

[A few minutes later]

Kirod woke up somewhat confused and when he regained all his senses he realized that he was in the middle of the forest, it turns out that Douglas dragged Kirod unconscious there. "Where are we?" asked the confused Arbok, "Wait, aren't these the crystal waterfalls!!? Kirod commented," Oh shit! We are close to Dakubu's territory! ", He exclaimed completely terrified," We are going to die! I'm too young to die!! he screamed in a state of utter panic.

* Slap * Douglas proceeded to slap Kirod slapping him in shock, as he looked at Douglas exclaimed; "W-why the fuck did you bring us here !!?", shouted Kirod furiously, "The current target is at this location" Douglas replied with that serious and subdued tone in his voice, "why the hell should we complete it!!? , It is a fucking suicide mission!!, Kirod proceeded to shout all kinds of insults at him, until a few minutes later he began to calm down. *sigh* "I guess we have no other choicr..." said Kirod as he began to walk south accepting his destiny, while walking presences stalked them from the top of the distant trees.

They spent 30 minutes walking south guided by the magic map, "how strange, the dojo should be here..." commented the Arbok, quite confused, while Douglas noticed the light sound of a branch being stepped on, at that moment Douglas took attack posture, "Wh-what is it !?" Kirod exclaimed somewhat worried. * Swooosh!!* Suddenly 4 Pokémons emerged from the trees and began to attack the Rangers, the 4 Pokémon were; a Ninjask, a Sawk, a Shiftry, and a crimson Greninja. "Intruders!!" the Greninja exclaimed "You have crossed these sacred lands, and now you will pay with your lives!!" The Greninja exclaimed as he lunged at Kirod, without having had time to react Kirod was engulfed by the Greninja, ending up inside her belly.

The other 3 Pokémon began attacking Douglas, who quickly dodged enemy attacks by jumping very high, once on the ground he began to use movements against the 3 Pokémon, to their surprise, the Eevee's attacks were completely different types, he began using Flamethrowers against the Ninjask and the Shiftry, while with the Sawk he used Aerial Ace, easily defeating them, while the 3 Pokémon were on the ground unconscious Douglas proceeded to use psychic and with a single movement of his finger he broke the neck of his opponents.

Realizing that her companions had fallen, the Greninja launched herself at Douglas, only to end up being stopped in mid-air by the Eevee's psychic powers. Douglas proceeded to take the Greninja by the neck and began to close his hand, the Greninja was struggling to breathe, but the Eevee continued hanging, while towards this the being made an appearance. "Good...good...keep it up...end his pathetic existence..." said the voice in a pleasant tone.

The Greninja looked at the Eevee completely terrified, before she could say goodbye to this world, Douglas suddenly released her, dropping her on the ground, once there, Douglas touched the Greninja's revolting belly, and a second later Kirod appeared outside the Greninja covered in a viscous fluid.

"Ew!!" exclaimed the Arbok completely disgusted, "T-thank you for preventing me from becoming her lunch" Kirod said gratefully, at that moment Douglas began to detect the presence of other Pokémon, they were too many, they were surrounded. "Stand still!!" exclaimed a Blaziken, "They are detained for crossing our lands!!", after saying this, several Pokémon began to hold Douglas and Kirod, "oh...and carry the wounded..." the Blaziken ordered with a glance of disapproval.

Both Rangers were escorted through the woods. Upon reaching his destination before them there was; a beautiful wooden structure, surrounded by a huge field of flowers and a river whose flow was warm and slow. Douglas and Kirod were taken to somekind of ceremony hall, in front of them were Master Dakubu IX, an Inteleon, whose appearance was of an advanced age, light armor and a mask that covered part of his face.

"Greetings outsiders..." said the Inteleon with a deep and authoritative voice, "I am Dakubu IX, descendant of Dakubu VIII, Master of assassins" explained the Inteleon while staring at them, "You are accused for crossing our lands and murdered 3 of my students." "A-assassinate!!?" Kirod exclaimed surprised, "we didn-" "Silence!! "shouted the angry Inteleon" Your companion was responsible for such a crime" he replied, pointing at Douglas.

Kirod was in shock upon hearing that, "His punishment will be...death!!" The Inteleon shouted, while Kirod and Douglas were taken to a prison.

[Later in the prison]

Kirod was inside a small cage in where he could barely move in and Douglas was chained into a wall, "W-what the hell happened while I was in that frog's stomach!?" asked the Arbok with a disappointed and confused face, "....the enemies had to be eliminated to fulfill the objective..." Douglas replied with that muted tone [It sounded like the voice of a machine], "Eliminated?...listen i want Let one thing clear!" exclaimed Kirod furiously. After a few minutes of complete silence Kirod began to speak, *sigh* "Listen...im completely unaware of your past life....but I know this...just because we face enemies that want to kill us...doesn't mean we should kill them....." once the conversation was over, they only did one thing; wait for their destiny.

The crimson Greninja was taking a shower under a waterfall near a river, while the torrent of water soaked her naked body several questions passed through her head; (Why he didn't finish me? Why did he spare my life?) Frequently asked questions confused her too much, at that moment she began to whisper to herself; "How is it possible that she was defeated by a simple Eevee?, a stupid...weak... and...cute...Eevee ..."

"Did you just say cute?" interrupted a male voice, it was the Blaziken from before, after noticing his presence, the Greninja quickly placed his hands on his chest and his genitals while his face reddened with embarrassment, "W-what the hell is Niko!!?, don't you know that is rude to see a girl taking a shower!!? "Who was the crazy woman who hid my clothes for 2 days, only for a dagger?" replied the Blaziken in a mocking tone, "What the fuck do you want!!? The Greninja shouted.

"Well...ignoring what you said...i came to inform you that Master Dakubu requests your presence" Niko said in a firm and serious tone, "Why?!" The Greninja asked "I have no idea...but he seemed annoyed...", The Greninja took her clothes and walked towards the temple, then she entered her Master's rooms. "Shinju we have to talk..." said the Inteleon with an enraged face.

[Meanwhile in the prison]

"I don't know why...but I need a harmonica" Kirod commented nervously, "Well...I was supposed to see a movie with my boyfriend at 11:00 PM, Oh! I didn't tell you...but I'm gay...you see, my boyfriend is a Shiny Lopunny, his name is Nick, he's a pretty nice guy, very funny and sooo romantic, *sigh* but I don't think I can see him again...you know...because we are going to be executed...." said Kirod depressed.

"What do you need Master Dakubu?" Asked the Greninja as she knelt before the Inteleon, the Inteleon proceeded to grab a sword from a pedestal, "Do you know what this weapon is?" asked the Inteleon, "The Nicroru sword, a sword created to release the honor of the spirits" replied the Greninja "Correct!! This sword was created with the most rarest and resistant materials in the world, its blade can only be destroyed by a Pokémon Legendary...but...that's not the reason why I called you", Master Dakubu proceeded to put the weapon back in its holster. "Today I left 3 of the new clan apprentices to your charge...and you let them die....", bu-" " SILENCE!!!" shouted the furious Inteleon, "Honestly....I expected more from my own daughter...", tears came from the face of the ninja frog. "...now leave...tomorrow your punishment will be decided...", "Yes master" Shinju stood up and left the chambers with a great depression.

[The next day]

Many of the Clan members were summoned in the ceremonial hall, Kirod and Douglas were tied up and were being escorted by two Charizards, Master Inteleon was in front of a podium. "My loyal students, today we are gathered for the execution of some assassins" he exclaimed pointing to Kirod and Douglas, "today their blood will be spilled to honor those poor souls who perished by their hands and allow them to rest in the afterlife" the Inteleon unsheathed the Nicroru and started walking towards the center of the stage.

"Today these assassins will die at the hands of the Soul Releaser Sword...Long live the Dakubu", "Long live the Dakubu!!!" the clan members shouted, suddenly the Greninja was pushed to the ground, "B-but what !?" the frightened Greninja shouted, "Shinju...you have dishonored the name of the Dakubu Clan, therefore, you will suffer the same fate as the intruders" commented the Inteleon while he draw the Nicroru,then he began to point the edge towards the terrified Greninja's neck, "your name will be....forgotten!!!".

*Crack*

The sound of metal colliding with something was present. When they found the source of that sound, causing everyone present to be in a state of shock, the blade was being held by Douglas's hand. "W-what the hell!?" exclaimed the Inteleon confused, at that time the Eevee's hand was slighty bleeding , but that didn't matter to Douglas as he slowly closed his hand, causing creaks in the sword.

A few seconds later the sword shattered into thousands of pieces, upon seeing this the Inteleon was shown with a completely terrified face. "No...it's not possible..." said Master Dakubu as he fell to the ground on his knees completely disturbed. At that time the members of the Clan were speechless at such an event. Douglas slowly walked towards Master Dakubu, once he was close to him, Douglas lifted the inteleon while taking him by the neck, "S-stop Douglas!!" Kirod yelled worried, "W-we shouldn't kill him!! Pokémon Rangers don't kill!!" Kirod begged to Douglas for not murder him. Douglas held the Inteleon for a few minutes before releasing it.

"Didn't you come to kill me??" Master Dakubu asked Kirod, "Of course not! We only came to negotiate" Kirod replied as he took the document out of his bag. The Inteleon began reading the peace treath, and once it was finished reading it said; "No...im not signing this peace treath..." "W-why!?" Kirod exclaimed, "I am no longer worthy to be the Master of this Clan... he is the one who must sign it..." pointing to the Blaziken, "He is my successor".

The Blaziken took the document and analyzed it for a few minutes, then took a pen and signed the document. "We don't want to suffer any more disgrace in our clan" commented the Blaziken as he handed the document to Kirod, "t-thanks for your cooperation, we are leaving," before doing anything the Greninja stops them. "Not yet....please wait a moment..." she said in a serious tone as she advanced towards the Inteleon, once they were face to face, they started talking.

"What do you want?..." said the Inteleon, "How dare you...to try to execute your own daughter...." said the Greninja with tears in her eyes. "It was the only way that you cou-", "Recover my honor!!? Did my mother recover her honor after my birth!!?, Did you have honor after murdering her!!? WHO THE FUCK GAVE YOU THE RIGHT TO SPEAK OF HONOR!!?. She exclaimed furiously. "...You're right...I am not the one to speak about honor....I am simply a worm.....sorry...Shinju...I have failed you...".

At the time of saying this, the Greninja took the Inteleon and engulfed it without any problem, Douglas did not flinch at such an event while Kirod looked disgusted and fascinated at the same time. The Greninja ended with a full and lumpy stomach, "This is for my mother... *Burp* "

After devouring the Inteleon, she approached Douglas, "I owe you a favor for saving my life....allow me to become part of your team...my name is Shinju..." asked the Greninja, who received a deep silence. "*Cough* *Cough* of course!! Welcome!!" Kirod replied somewhat excitedly, "Actually*Burp*i was asking h-", "Request accepted..." replied Douglas with his typical voice without emotion, after saying this, Douglas proceeded to take with his Psychic powers the remains of the sword .

[Later]

Kirod and Shinju (who already digested the Inteleon, slightly increasing her hips), was in front of the monitor, which was transmitting a call, "Bzzzt~ All set, officially you are the new member of Team Dusk ~Bzzzt" answered the Rotom, "Bzzzt~ Mission completed successfully, RP (Ranger Points) received: 45, RP accumulated: 774, that's all have a nice day ~Bzzt" *Click*

At the end of the transmission Kirod and Shinju began to chat; "Welcome to the team Shinju!!" he exclaimed cheerfully "Emmm....thanks ... hey can I ask you a question? ..." Shinju said quietly, "Sure!! what is it??", "You see .... I was wondering...Why Douglas acts like that?...I mean...why he doesn't express any emotion?..." Shinju asked shyly. "Sorry, I can't answer that question" Kirod said with a frustrated tone, "I don't know anything related to his past...sorry..." he answered before retiring to his room. Shinju's doubts began to increase dramatically.

[Meanwhile]

Victor the Mienshao was meditating in the middle of the forest, it seemed that it was a very distant and dark place. "Master... I need your guidance...", "...What do you want to know my young pupil?...." asked a voice from beyond the grave, "That presence that devastated an entire region has returned..." said the concerned Mienshao, "What presence?" asked the voice.

"The black curse..."