Journey of an Outcast - Part 4
#4 of Journey of an Outcast
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Journey of an Outcast - Part 4
By: ShadowWaterDragon
(Notes: "***" = scene change, "' '" = sound and/or thought, "( )" = author addressing the reader)
***
Sneasel pulled down his hood and stared the Pokemon in the eye.
"Hello,...Weavile."
Weavile smiled, "Oh, come on, we're still family aren't we, brother?"
"No, I have forsaken all ties I had with this village and everyone in it, including you."
Weavile sneered, "Fine, you be that way. You deserved to be the outcast of our people, just as you were for this village."
"I don't have time for this, we're leaving. If you're going to try something then go ahead."
"A lot has changed since you left."
"That is none of my concern. Now, get out of our way."
"But, you know who is so eager to meet you."
"Good for him."
Sneasel began to move, his companion still cloaked, pushing past Weavile. Weavile grabbed Sneasels arm. Sneasel glared at Weavile.
"Let go of me...now."
"We have something to do first and you're not leaving until you say hello to our leader."
'Leader? What happened to the others?' "If he's so desperate to meet me, then let him find me. I have better things to do than waste my time with him or you."
"Mmmmm!!"
Sneasel head snapped around. A Pokemon had its hands restricting Cubone. Sneasels head lowered, and then he vanished. Sneasel was directly behind the Pokemon, his claw at the pokemons throat.
"I will only tell you this once, let her go."
"Oh, he will." Weavile said from behind Sneasel. "But, you have to agree to meet with our leader first, and of course we have something else to take care of."
"Fine, I'll meet with him. Now let her go," Sneasel said staring at the Pokemon. "unless you want your next breathe to be through a tube."
The Pokemon released Cubone and walked off. Cubone put down her hood.
"Sneasel?" Cubone asked, a little worried.
Reaching out to touch him.
Sneasel let his arms fall as he looked away from Cubones gaze. "Leave."
"What?"
"Leave now."
"But,"
"I said leave!" Sneasel glared at Cubone with such intensity that she began to tear.
Cubone ran out of the village crying. Weavile stood behind him smiling.
"Way to go. I knew you had it in you."
"If anyone lays a hand on her, I'll!"
"I know, don't worry. But first, we have something to take care of."
Sneasel looked straight ahead without a shred of apparent emotion. "Just do it."
"Very well."
Weavile walked around to Sneasels front. Weavile slashed the stone on Sneasels forehead and chest. An apparent scar now marred the surface of both stones. Sneasel flinched slightly with both attacks but never once faltered.
"You are no longer considered a Pokemon in the eyes of our people."
Sneasel just continued to stare not saying a word. Weavile led Sneasel toward the main part of the village where the leader was. Neither of them said anything. Weavile stepped to the side of an opening into a Coliseum. Sneasel walked passed him. Weavile followed Sneasel and sealed the opening behind him. The two walked toward the center Weavile stopped short of the entrance to the main part of the Coliseum. Sneasel continued to make his way toward the center.
"Ah! It's so good to see you again!" A voice called from the main part of the arena where the leaders sat.
Sneasel looked up; of the three chairs that were originally there only one remained. Xatu was standing beside the leader.
"What do you want...Tyranitar?"
"Can't two old friends say hi?"
'What the hell does he want?' Sneasel looked up Tyranitar was smiling wearing a pair of dark sunglasses, beside him Xatu stood motionless. 'Xatu!'
'Yes?'
'The last time I say you, you were still a Natu, correct?'
'Correct, I evolved a week ago and have been serving our leader ever since.'
'What happened to Machamp and Gengar?'
'Tyranitar convinced them that they were no longer necessary since they always contradicted one another.'
'I suppose he left out that without them to keep him in check, he could do anything he wanted.'
'He didn't bring that up, no.'
'What does he really want with me?'
'I can't say.'
'Can't or won't?'
'He too is a Dark type like yourself. I cannot read him either.'
'Fair enough.' Sneasel closed his eyes and looked down.
Tyranitar cocked his head to one side. "What's the matter, not what you were expecting?"
Sneasel raised his head. "What do you want? I have better things to do than waste my time with a coward."
"I am no coward!"
"Fine, what do you want?"
"A fight."
"Not interested."
"I knew you would love the...wait! What?!"
"I said, no."
"I am your leader. You will obey me!"
"You are no leader of mine. I have forsaken all bonds that tie me to this village. You have no power over me."
"You will fight me or you will never make it out of this village alive!"
"Tisk, tisk. Is that anyway for a leader to behave?" Sneasel said wagging one of his claws back and forth, "Besides, only Weavile could possibly keep up with my speed, not to mention that the only Pokemon who know the terrain around the village better than I do are the psychic ones, and they can't track me. So in reality you couldn't catch me if you wanted to."
Tyranitar glared at Sneasel, about to shout out another series of threats.
"But, I guess that if it means that much to you, I'll fight you. But, I want something in return."
"How, about your life?"
"No, nothing like that, I just want to be known as the Pokemon who kicked your ass. You can keep your title and all that goes with it. I just want some bragging rights."
"You'll never beat me; you couldn't then and can't now."
"Then why do you want to fight me so much?...Not that it matters. So are we gonna fight or what?"
Tyranitar smiled and jumped down from his platform. He took a few steps forward and cracked his neck. Sneasel criss-crossed his claws and stretched cracking them.
"Come on then!" They both yelled at once.
Sneasel and Tyranitar glare at each other in anticipation. Several psychic pokemon surround them and begin to form a barrier dome around them.
"What's with them?" Sneasel asked.
"There just making sure no one that interferes."
"Right, we wouldn't want that now would we?"
"What's that?!" Tyranitar yelled pointing behind Sneasel.
"Like I'm going to fall for that. Come on Tyranitar, you're not the only Dark type here." Sneasel shot off straight towards Tyranitar.
Tyranitar opened his mouth and fired off a Hyperbeam straight at Sneasel. Right before the beam made contact Sneasel vanished. Tyranitar turned his head to the side, smiling.
"Come on, a Faint Attack?"
"Not exactly." Sneasel appeared above Tyranitars back and blew a Blizzard down. Ice formed down Tyranitars back and tail.
"Come on an Ice attack? I'ma Rock-Dark type for cryin out loud and you'd attack me with frozen water?"
"There's more to a fight than just power or type powers."
"Oh, really? Then explain this."
Tyranitar flexed and twisted his body around in every direction. The ice that had formed shattered and flew off. Next Tyranitar smiled and slammed one of his fists into Sneasels chest. Sending Sneasel up a few feet.
"That barely tickled." Tyranitar taunted.
"Hey, Tyranitar," Sneasel said weakly.
"What?"
"You missed a spot."
"Huh?"
Sneasel fell down from the air and executed a Slash. A chunk of ice that had formed around the end of Tyranitars tail split into two equal halves and Tyranitars tail with it.
"AAAAHHHHHH!!!!"
Sneasel jumped back a few feet. "What's a matter? I thought you were a tough Rock-Dark type."
"Shut up! You just got lucky!"
"Maybe, Maybe not. But right now, I have the upper hand."
"Ahhh!" Tyranitar lifted his tail up and slammed it on the ground again. A wave of energy shook the ground shaking the ground with a giant Earthquake. Causing Sneasel to fall.
"Hey, that move's forbidden due to its potentially dangerous effect on the village."
"Was forbidden, more things have changed than you think."
"You...It was you who caused the landslide...It was all your fault."
"And if it was?"
"Well, if it was you then I would have something important to tell you."
"And what would that be?"
Sneasel stood up. "Thank you."
"Huh?"
"You got me out of this crap-hole. So, thank you."
"What?"
"Leaving this place was the best thing that could have happened to me."
"You..."
Sneasel just smiled.
"I'll kill you!!"
Sneasel just kept smiling.
"Hey, Tyranitar. Do you know what your biggest problem is?"
Tyranitar fired off another Hyperbeam at Sneasel. The attack flew straight as an arrow towards Sneasels head.
"Your temper is too short," Sneasel took a step forward. "You waste too much energy," another step. "And you're just too damn slow." Sneasel cocked his head to the side as the Hyperbeam flew right past him and dispelled into the barrier.
Sneasel ran full tilt at Tyranitar.
"Hey! You mind if I try an idea I just got?"
"Gnnnn"
Sneasel took a deep breath and then vanished. Tyranitar turned his head and followed as Sneasel executed Faint Attack after Faint Attack. Tyranitar didn't notice that Sneasel was doing more than just giving his neck a work out. Bit-by-bit Tyranitars body was being covered in ice. Soon everything but his head had a full 4 layers of ice on him. Sneasel stopped kneeling in front of Tyranitar, breathing heavily.
"What's a matter worn out already, well I'm...I'm."
"You're an ice block." Sneasel said standing back up. Sneasel walked up to Tyranitar.
The block of ice shook violently but did not break. "I'm stuck!"
"That's the idea." Sneasel jumped up and snatched Tyranitars sunglasses off of his face. "You can't move your only other attack that you could possibly perform is Hyperbeam, and I can dodge that easily. Even if you do fire them off you'll do nothing more than waste your ammo. In short," Sneasel put the sunglasses on. "you lose, I win, and I'm outta here."
Sneasel turned and began to walk away towards where Weavile had led him in to the arena.
"Don't you walk away from me! This isn't over!"
Sneasel raised his claw in the air as he passed through the barrier without hesitation. He put his claw back down and walked out of the village. Every pokemon that he passed glared at him with disdain. Sneasel just kept walking towards the exit that led towards the waterfall.
"Nothing's changed."
'I hope she's alright.'
Sneasel left his hood down. With his new sunglasses the sun didn't bother his eyes this unusually bright day.
Absol stood atop a cliff and watched Sneasel walk off towards the waterfall. He turned his attention back to the arena where Tyranitar was cursing loudly and shouting orders left and right. Absol smiled to himself 'That really was a clever move, but he'll be out by night fall easy.' Absol lied down and enjoyed the show.
***
Sneasel arrived at the waterfall in an hour or so. He looked around for any sign of Cubone. He walked over to the side of the waterfall. There was a small path that led behind it. There was a hole in the back of cave giving way into a dark tunnel. He turned around and walked out from behind the waterfall. The top of the waterfall was just a tad higher than Cubones house. Sneasel suddenly got a bad feeling. He got that feeling any time he was being watched. 'Absol? No, this is different.' Sneasel brushed it off and ran full tilt at the face of the cliff. There was a slight incline leading to the face of the cliff which made the transition a tad easier for Sneasel. Right before he hit it he sped up and let the full effect of Agility take over as he tore the cliff a new one. Sneasel flew over the top and landed easily on his feet. The feeling he had earlier returned as he realized who had been watching him and that he was standing about 20 feet in front of him.
"Hello, Sneasel. I hope you don't mind me stopping by but after that cold shoulder, I just had to. You understand don't you?"
***
('Rubs eyes' Okay, well I thought it over and the story is progressing somewhat faster than expected. So instead of just stopping here and making you wait until I finish part 5. I've decided to finish everything in part 4. Enjoy.)
***
"I don't have time for you right now Tyranitar."
Tyranitar stood with Xatu both looking at Sneasel.
"Aww, now is that any way to treat an old friend?"
"We've been through this already. So whatever it is you can forget it. I beat you once and I can do it again."
"True you won the battle in the arena." Tyranitar made the end of his tail visible to Sneasel. "I have the scar to prove it. But, this isn't about that."
"Well, whatever it is I don't care." Sneasel took a few steps toward where he'd calculated the entrance to be.
Tyranitar smiled, "She's down there isn't she?"
Sneasels eyes flashed. "That is none of your concern."
"True, but I have a gift for her."
"Shove it."
"As you wish." Tyranitar said.
Tyranitar lifted his tail and brought it down on the cliff. Sneasel stared in horror as he fell down. He could hear the rocks falling inside the cave. When the rumbling had stopped Sneasel sat there waiting.
"Cubone?" Sneasel said meekly.
Sneasels cloak blew in the wind as he stared down at the ground beneath his feet.
"Cubone!!!!"
"Cubone?..." His voice trailed off as tears began to fall like shards of ice from his eyes.
"Cubone?..." A mocking voice came from behind him. "Oh, I'm sorry did I do that? How clumsy of me. I guess I was just to slow."
Sneasel didn't hear him though. He was lost in his thoughts. Xatu watched him as found that he could read his mind. 'He lowered his defenses?' Xatu continued to watch and listen as Sneasel sorted out what was left for him. Eventually even the voice in his head grew quite. Silence. Xatu had yet to meet a pokemon who was capable of thinking of nothing. There were some who didn't take the time to think but this was different. This was scary. Meanwhile Tyranitar continued to taunt and make fun of Sneasel. Xatu felt the presence of the other voice before he heard it. This voice, Xatu had read the mind of many an evil and desperate pokemon but they were saviors of the world compared to what the voice was saying. Xatu turned his head blocking off Sneasels mind from his. Tyranitar stopped his taunting and looked over at Xatu.
"What is it?"
'That's not Sneasel.' Was the only thing Xatu could manage to transmit.
"What?"
Tyranitars attention was diverted as he turned to see Sneasel standing up and facing him. There was something different about him now. It was though someone or something else had control over him. As Sneasel opened his eyes and stared, Tyranitar could swear even his eyes were different. They were. They were completely black.
"What the hell?"
Sneasel took off without warning straight at Tyranitar. Tyranitar watched as Sneasel attacked him. Sneasel could do little more than slash which did little to nothing to the dark type but that didn't stop Sneasel. Tyranitar watched as Sneasel continued to attack him relentlessly but to no avail. Sneasel appeared next to Tyranitars ear.
"I'm gonna tell you a secret." Sneasel said in a voice that seemed to echo in the air itself. "EEEEEEE!!!!"
Sneasel let out a powerful Screech right by Tyranitars ear. Tyranitar spun around and made a solid blow against Sneasel throwing him thirty feet or so, just shy of the waterfall. Tyranitar reached up and covered his ear. Sneasel stood back up and resumed his attack as though he had never been hit. Tyranitar watched as Sneasel just continued to attack. Tyranitar swiped Sneasels feet out from under him. Sneasel hit the ground with a thud and bounced slightly. Tyranitar turned his back to Sneasel and slammed his tail onto Sneasels chest. Sneasel coughed as a stream of blood flew from his mouth. Tyranitar turned his head and saw Sneasel lying unconscious on the ground, the shock wave from the Earthquake left Sneasel in the middle of the crater that was at least a foot deep. Tyranitar walked away from Sneasels body leaving him for dead. Xatu followed him to the edge of the cliff, and then turned around. Tyranitar stopped as well, turning around Tyranitar watched as Sneasel stood up one claw limp at his side the other clutching his chest.
"Impossible." Tyranitar said, "There's no way."
"She kept it inside...Around her its voice disappeared. I longed for that voice to be silent for so long. That terrible voice. And you..." Sneasel said staring at Tyranitar. "You took her away, and it came back."
"What are you talking about?"
"For the second time in my entire life I think I'll listen to it. It might not make me feel any better, but it'll go away for a while and I need that silence right now."
"What?"
"I'm going to show you how much of a freak I really am."
"And how, pray tell, do you plan on doing that."
"You don't remember, do you?"
"Remember what?"
"What makes me so different?"
"Yeah, you don't learn moves by leveling up so what?"
"That's only part of it...I learn moves 'Twinge' by necessity. And that little battle was just what I needed."
"What are you talking about?"
"Just what I said earlier, I'm going to show you why you and everyone in the village is afraid of me."
Sneasels body began to glow.
"What's going on?"
'It appears he's either evolving or charging up an incredibly powerful attack.' Xatu said.
"What attack of his could affect me?"
'Well Metal Claw is a rare move known among the strongest of the Sneasels and Weaviles.'
"Metal Claw?"
"Hey! Tyranitar!"
Tyranitar stared at Sneasel as the glowing became focused to a single arm. The glowing subsided and Sneasels one working arm was now a well polished silver color.
"Let's not get to hasty now."
Sneasel let his arm fall by his side it was now to heavy for him to support. Tyranitar watched as Sneasels eyes turned into slits. 'Xatu. Stop him if you can't affect him directly put stuff in his way. Got it.' Tyranitar ordered. 'Yes, sir.' Sneasel ran full speed at Tyranitar his claw dragging and bouncing as it hits the ground. Small bits of rocks and pebbles flew underfoot of Sneasel. Sneasel seemed to avoid them as if he'd never planned to step there.
"Stop him!"
'I'm trying but he's avoiding them. He must be able to see the stones.'
"That's not possible."
'Well, possible or not, he's avoiding everything I do.'
"Forget it your useless!"
Tyranitar watched as Sneasel continued to accelerate his arm now constantly floating like a silver streak behind him. Tyranitar didn't even have time to blink as Sneasel brought his claw up and cut deep into Tyranitars hard skin like it was butter. Sneasels claw tore up across Tyranitars stomach across his chest and across his face. Tyranitar screamed out in pain as he flew off the edge of the cliff. Landing very solidly on the ground. His head off to the side unconscious. Sneasel stared at him over from the top of the cliff, breathing heavily. 'Don't.'
"Don't what?"
'There's no need to.'
"You're not just saying that?"
'I have never lied to you or anyone. I have no reason to.'
"Now what am I going to do? Without her I don't..."
"Sneasel!!!"
"God, I can even hear her voice."
'Oh, that's just pathetic. Turn around.'
"Huh?" Sneasel said.
"Sneasel?! There you are."
Sneasel turned around to see Cubone patting the dust off of her cloak. He just stood there staring at her his arm no longer heavy but still limp at his side.
"What's wrong?" Cubone ran up to Sneasel who was just staring at her. The closer she got the more worried she became as she noticed all of the scratches and bruises that covered Sneasels body. "What happened...You look terrible."
Sneasel continued to stare at her letting out a stuttered breath. As he reached out with his one good arm. Cubone cocked her head to the side as Sneasel hesitantly reached out to touch her. Sneasel withdrew slightly just before he touched her tears were welling at the bottom of his eyes.
"What's wrong?"
'He thought you were dead.'
"You thought I was..." Cubone looked at Sneasel with a concerned look on her face."Why?"
"Cubone" Sneasel wrapped his one good arm around her and pulled her close. The two of them stood there holding one another for a time. "How did you? The earthquake...You should've been..."
I'm a ground type, remember? It'll take a lot more than a Earthquake to get rid of me." Cubone said.
"I'm sorry, I..."
"..."
"yelled at you."
"Sneasel? If he's here then where is Tyranitar?" Cubone stared at him concerned.
'He's fainted on the ground over the ledge. Sneasel nocked him off after the earthquake.'
"Sneasel you took out Tyranitar?"
Sneasel released Cubone from his grip and turned away. "I couldn't stand the thought of losing you..." Sneasel said looking down at the ground. "The voice was never present when I was around or even thought of you. When I thought that you were dead the voice came back, and I listened to it for a second time I listened to the voice. I couldn't stop...I wouldn't stop. Even after he fell off the side of the cliff I wanted to go down there and finish him. I wanted to make him pay for making me lose you and for making the voice return. I wanted to feel...something again." Sneasels back was still to Cubone.
"Sneasel?" Cubone said grabbing Sneasels clawing and pulling it so that he turned around to face her. "Can you feel this?" Cubone reached up and put her arms lightly around Sneasels chest. "You don't have to worry anymore. From now on we'll be together. Okay?" Cubone looked up at Sneasel who was staring down at her tears flowing down the side of his cheeks.
"What about the books?"
Cubone raised her head and kissed Sneasel. Sneasel wrapped his arm around her once again. Cubone pulled back and looked Sneasel in the eye.
"You worry too much." Cubone said smiling.
The two pokemon kissed each other again, not wanting the moment to end. The sun finished setting behind them. The moon shined brightly on the two pokemon as a glowing light erupted from the inside of both of them. Slowly the two pokemons shapes began to change. As the two pokemon stood, in what was as close to a physical bond as you could get, Xatu looked off into the woods where Weavile was resting on a branch. Weavile made eye contact with Xatu and nodded. The both of them disappeared back to the village. The light subsided and the two pokemon broke there kiss. They stared into each others eyes. 'tink' 'tink' 'Huff' 'Huff' The two pokemon stared at the edge of the cliff as a round light blue face popped up and another purple and white face with large bucked teeth appeared at the edge. The pokemon blinked at one another. The pokemon climbing the cliff tried to finish climbing up the cliff but slipped and fell down flailing into the lake where the waterfall emptied into. The two pokemon at the top of the cliff stared at each other shrugged and embraced one another in another kiss.
The End.
(I revised the story from the old version. I hope I made it better if you still don't like it please tell me why. I'm not sure If I have anymore ideas for stories but If I come up with any I'll be sure to elaborate on them. Until then.)